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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... least with the productions , of Europe . As he was determined to fpare no expence in the exe- cution of his plan , he engaged Dr. Solander to accompany him in the voyage . This Gentleman , by birth a Swede , was educated under the ...
... least with the productions , of Europe . As he was determined to fpare no expence in the exe- cution of his plan , he engaged Dr. Solander to accompany him in the voyage . This Gentleman , by birth a Swede , was educated under the ...
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... least foundation in truth . Mr. Banks's fervants had indeed found means to go on fhore on the 22d at day - break , and stay till it was dark in the evening , but they brought on board only plants and infects , having been fent for no ...
... least foundation in truth . Mr. Banks's fervants had indeed found means to go on fhore on the 22d at day - break , and stay till it was dark in the evening , but they brought on board only plants and infects , having been fent for no ...
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... least half a mile from the town . The government here , as to its form , is mixed ; it is not- withstanding very despotic in fact . It confifts of the Viceroy , the Governor of the town , and a council , the number of which I could not ...
... least half a mile from the town . The government here , as to its form , is mixed ; it is not- withstanding very despotic in fact . It confifts of the Viceroy , the Governor of the town , and a council , the number of which I could not ...
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... least thofe that we tafted , which were mealy and infipid ; but the water melons are excellent ; they have a flavour , at least a degree of acidity , which ours have not . We faw alfo several fpecies of the prickle pear , and fome ...
... least thofe that we tafted , which were mealy and infipid ; but the water melons are excellent ; they have a flavour , at least a degree of acidity , which ours have not . We faw alfo several fpecies of the prickle pear , and fome ...
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... least a very large river , and that it had overflowed its banks . On the 3d of January , 1769 , being in latitude 47 ° 17 ′ S. and longitude 61 ° 29 ′ 45 ′′ W. we were all looking out for Pepys ' ifland , and for fome time an appearance ...
... least a very large river , and that it had overflowed its banks . On the 3d of January , 1769 , being in latitude 47 ° 17 ′ S. and longitude 61 ° 29 ′ 45 ′′ W. we were all looking out for Pepys ' ifland , and for fome time an appearance ...
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