An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq, Band 2W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773 First edition of the narrative of Cook's first voyage. Volume I contains accounts of the voyages of Byron, Carteret and Wallis, including the discovery of Tahiti; volumes II and III contain Hawkesworth's edited account of Captain [then Lieutenant] Cook's voyage. Cook had been commissioned to observe the transit of Venus from Tahiti and to carry on John Byron's survey and exploration of the seas between Cape Horn and New Holland, and he added more than 5000 miles of coastline to Admiralty charts for Tahiti, Australia and the Great Barrier Reff and New Zealand which he circumnavigated. |
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... South Seas . CHAP . VII . 62 The Sequel of the Paffage from Cape Horn to the newly discovered Ilands in the South Seas , with a Defcription of their Figure and Appearance ; fome Account of the Inhabitants , and several Incidents that ...
... South Seas . CHAP . VII . 62 The Sequel of the Paffage from Cape Horn to the newly discovered Ilands in the South Seas , with a Defcription of their Figure and Appearance ; fome Account of the Inhabitants , and several Incidents that ...
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... South Seas , in order to obferve the Tranfit of Venus , and afterwards attempt farther discoveries , he determined to embark in the expedition , that he might enrich his na- tive country with a tribute of knowlege from those which have ...
... South Seas , in order to obferve the Tranfit of Venus , and afterwards attempt farther discoveries , he determined to embark in the expedition , that he might enrich his na- tive country with a tribute of knowlege from those which have ...
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... South , longitude 35 ° 50 Weft , the colour of the water was observed to change , upon which we founded , and found ground at the depth of 32 fathoms ; the lead was caft three times within about four hours , without a foot difference in ...
... South , longitude 35 ° 50 Weft , the colour of the water was observed to change , upon which we founded , and found ground at the depth of 32 fathoms ; the lead was caft three times within about four hours , without a foot difference in ...
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... South Pole ; for these are the very words of his interpreter , who was a Swede , and spoke English very well . I did not think it neceffary to afk permiffion for the Gentlemen to come on fhore during the day , or that , when I was on ...
... South Pole ; for these are the very words of his interpreter , who was a Swede , and spoke English very well . I did not think it neceffary to afk permiffion for the Gentlemen to come on fhore during the day , or that , when I was on ...
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... would be fent the next day . About eight o'clock this evening it began to blow very hard in fudden gufts from the South , and our long - boat 1768 . November . coming on board juft at this coming 22 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
... would be fent the next day . About eight o'clock this evening it began to blow very hard in fudden gufts from the South , and our long - boat 1768 . November . coming on board juft at this coming 22 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
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