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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... longitude 8 ° 46 ′ West , our first meridian being always fuppofed to pass through Greenwich ; variation of the needle 21 ° 4 ′ W. During this course , Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander had an opportunity of obferving many marine animals , of ...
... longitude 8 ° 46 ′ West , our first meridian being always fuppofed to pass through Greenwich ; variation of the needle 21 ° 4 ′ W. During this course , Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander had an opportunity of obferving many marine animals , of ...
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... longitude 21 ° 51 ′ Weft . October . Saturday 1 . On the rft of October , in latitude 14 ° 6 ′ N. and longitude 22 ° 10 ' W. we found the variation by a very good azimuth to be 10 ° 37 ′ W. and the next morning it appeared to be 10 ...
... longitude 21 ° 51 ′ Weft . October . Saturday 1 . On the rft of October , in latitude 14 ° 6 ′ N. and longitude 22 ° 10 ' W. we found the variation by a very good azimuth to be 10 ° 37 ′ W. and the next morning it appeared to be 10 ...
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... longitude 22 ° 4 ' Weft , we found a current fetting to the fouthward , which the next . day in latitude 7 ° 58 ′ , longitude 22 ° 13 ′ shifted to the N. N.W. W. at the rate of one mile and a furlong an hour . The . variation here , by ...
... longitude 22 ° 4 ' Weft , we found a current fetting to the fouthward , which the next . day in latitude 7 ° 58 ′ , longitude 22 ° 13 ′ shifted to the N. N.W. W. at the rate of one mile and a furlong an hour . The . variation here , by ...
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... longitude 28 ° 50 ' . On the 25th , we crossed the line with the ufual ceremonies Tuesday 25 . in longitude 29 ° 30 ′ , when , by the result of several very good azimuths , the variation was 2 ° 24 . On the 28th , at noon , being in the ...
... longitude 28 ° 50 ' . On the 25th , we crossed the line with the ufual ceremonies Tuesday 25 . in longitude 29 ° 30 ′ , when , by the result of several very good azimuths , the variation was 2 ° 24 . On the 28th , at noon , being in the ...
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... longitude 32 ° 13 ′ 43 ′′ W. we paffed the line in which the needle at this time would have pointed due north and fouth , without any variation : for in the morning , having decreased gradually in its deviation for fome days , it was no ...
... longitude 32 ° 13 ′ 43 ′′ W. we paffed the line in which the needle at this time would have pointed due north and fouth , without any variation : for in the morning , having decreased gradually in its deviation for fome days , it was no ...
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