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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... Fire : Preparations for leaving the Ifland : An Account of Tupia . CHAP . XVII .. 172 A particular Defcription of the Island ; its Produce and Inhabitants ; their Dress , Habitations , Food , domeftic Life and Amusements . 184 . CHAP ...
... Fire : Preparations for leaving the Ifland : An Account of Tupia . CHAP . XVII .. 172 A particular Defcription of the Island ; its Produce and Inhabitants ; their Dress , Habitations , Food , domeftic Life and Amusements . 184 . CHAP ...
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... fire , as every stone , whether whole or in frag- ments , that we faw upon it appeared to have been burnt , and even the fand itself to be nothing more than afhes : we did not , indeed , fee much of the country , but the people informed ...
... fire , as every stone , whether whole or in frag- ments , that we faw upon it appeared to have been burnt , and even the fand itself to be nothing more than afhes : we did not , indeed , fee much of the country , but the people informed ...
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... fire from it , but a heat iffues from the chinks near the top , too ftrong to be borne by the hand when it is held near them . We had received from Dr. Heberden , among other favours fome falt which he collected on the top of the ...
... fire from it , but a heat iffues from the chinks near the top , too ftrong to be borne by the hand when it is held near them . We had received from Dr. Heberden , among other favours fome falt which he collected on the top of the ...
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... fire . The inhabitants , however , may pay their devotions at the fhrine of any faint in the calendar , without waiting till there is a proceffion ; for before almost every house there is a little- cupboard , furnished with a glass ...
... fire . The inhabitants , however , may pay their devotions at the fhrine of any faint in the calendar , without waiting till there is a proceffion ; for before almost every house there is a little- cupboard , furnished with a glass ...
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... fire was kindled , and those who were most fatigued were left behind to take care of him . Mr. Banks , Dr. Solander , Mr. Green , and Mr. Monkhouse went on , and in a short time reached the fummit . As botanifts , their expectations ...
... fire was kindled , and those who were most fatigued were left behind to take care of him . Mr. Banks , Dr. Solander , Mr. Green , and Mr. Monkhouse went on , and in a short time reached the fummit . As botanifts , their expectations ...
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