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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... gave the name of Dagyfa , from the likeness of one fpecies of them to a gem : several spe- cimens of them were taken adhering together fometimes to the length of a yard or more , and shining in the water with very beautiful colours ...
... gave the name of Dagyfa , from the likeness of one fpecies of them to a gem : several spe- cimens of them were taken adhering together fometimes to the length of a yard or more , and shining in the water with very beautiful colours ...
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... gave them such speci- mens as he had in his possession , and a copy of his Botanical Obfervations ; containing , among other things , a particular defcription of the trees of the island . Mr. Banks enquired after the wood which has been ...
... gave them such speci- mens as he had in his possession , and a copy of his Botanical Obfervations ; containing , among other things , a particular defcription of the trees of the island . Mr. Banks enquired after the wood which has been ...
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... of the ancients : he gave us alfo also some native fulphur exceedingly pure , which he had 12 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE The Paffage from Madeira to Rio de Janeiro, with fome Account the Country, and the Incidents that happened there.
... of the ancients : he gave us alfo also some native fulphur exceedingly pure , which he had 12 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE The Paffage from Madeira to Rio de Janeiro, with fome Account the Country, and the Incidents that happened there.
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... gave it the name of Larus crepidatus : it is remarkable that the dung of this bird is of a lively red , fomewhat like that of the liquor pro- cured from the fhells , only not fo full ; its principal food therefore is probably the Helix ...
... gave it the name of Larus crepidatus : it is remarkable that the dung of this bird is of a lively red , fomewhat like that of the liquor pro- cured from the fhells , only not fo full ; its principal food therefore is probably the Helix ...
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... gave as much light as a glow - worm , though the creature was not fo large by nine tenths : upon examination of these animals Mr. Banks had the fatisfaction to find that they were all entirely new . On Wednesday the 2d of November ...
... gave as much light as a glow - worm , though the creature was not fo large by nine tenths : upon examination of these animals Mr. Banks had the fatisfaction to find that they were all entirely new . On Wednesday the 2d of November ...
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwered appeared Banks and Dr baſket becauſe beſt boat bread-fruit called canoes Cape cloſe cloth cocoa-nut confiderable confifted cuſtom defirous diftant diſcovered diſtance diſtinguiſhed eaſily eaſt Etoa faid fame fathom feemed feen feet fent feven feveral fhip fhore fide firft firſt fiſh fituation fleep fmall fome fometimes foon fouth freſh Friday ftill ftones fuch fuppofed harbour himſelf hogs houfe houſe Indians inhabitants iſland juſt land latitude leagues leaſt lefs longitude miles Monday morning moſt muſt natives neceffary night o'clock Oberea obferved occafion Otaheite paffed perfons pinnace plantains pleaſure prefent provifions purchaſed purpoſe reaſon reef reft round ſaid Saturday ſaw ſea ſeemed ſeen ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſmall Solander ſome ſtone ſtood ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thurſday told Tootahah trees Tubourai Tamaide Tueſday Tupia uſed vifit Wednef weft weftward whoſe women wood