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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... 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 . XVIII .. Of the ...
... 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 . XVIII .. Of the ...
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... , which , in such circumstances , have very feldom been voluntarily incurred , except to gratify the reftlefs and infatiable defires of ava- rice or ambition . a 2 Upon Upon his leaving the university of Oxford , in the CONTENTS OF.
... , which , in such circumstances , have very feldom been voluntarily incurred , except to gratify the reftlefs and infatiable defires of ava- rice or ambition . a 2 Upon Upon his leaving the university of Oxford , in the CONTENTS OF.
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... leaving the university of Oxford , in the year 1763 , he croffed the Atlantic , and visited the coasts of New- foundland and Labradore . The danger , difficulty , and in- convenience that attend long voyages are very different in idea ...
... leaving the university of Oxford , in the year 1763 , he croffed the Atlantic , and visited the coasts of New- foundland and Labradore . The danger , difficulty , and in- convenience that attend long voyages are very different in idea ...
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... leave for Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander to fearch the island for fuch natural curiofities as they fhould think worth their notice ; employed perfons to take fish and gather shells , which time would not have permitted them to collect for ...
... leave for Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander to fearch the island for fuch natural curiofities as they fhould think worth their notice ; employed perfons to take fish and gather shells , which time would not have permitted them to collect for ...
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... leaves of both which , particu- larly the Paobranco , are fo beautiful , that these trees would be a great ornament to the gardens of Europe . The number of inhabitants in this island is supposed to be about 80,000 , and the custom ...
... leaves of both which , particu- larly the Paobranco , are fo beautiful , that these trees would be a great ornament to the gardens of Europe . The number of inhabitants in this island is supposed to be about 80,000 , and the custom ...
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