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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... miles from the town , as they were only five days on fhore ; one of which they spent at home , in receiving the honour of a vifit from the governor . The season was the worst in the year for their purpose , as it was neither that of ...
... miles from the town , as they were only five days on fhore ; one of which they spent at home , in receiving the honour of a vifit from the governor . The season was the worst in the year for their purpose , as it was neither that of ...
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... miles from town , we left the thermometer at 74 , and when we arrived at his houfe , we found it at 66. The hills produce , almost spontaneously , walnuts , chefnuts , and apples in great abundance ; and in the town there are many ...
... miles from town , we left the thermometer at 74 , and when we arrived at his houfe , we found it at 66. The hills produce , almost spontaneously , walnuts , chefnuts , and apples in great abundance ; and in the town there are many ...
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... of Monday 19 . our voyage . When Funchiale bore North , 13 East , at the distance of 76 miles , the variation appeared by feveral azimuths to be 16 ° 30 ' Weft . VOL . II . C CHAP . 1768 . September . Wednef . 21 . Friday 23.
... of Monday 19 . our voyage . When Funchiale bore North , 13 East , at the distance of 76 miles , the variation appeared by feveral azimuths to be 16 ° 30 ' Weft . VOL . II . C CHAP . 1768 . September . Wednef . 21 . Friday 23.
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... miles , reckoning the mile at 1760 yards . Its appearance at funfet was very striking ; when the fun was below the horizon , and the rest of the island appeared of a deep black , the mountain ftill reflected his rays , and glowed with a ...
... miles , reckoning the mile at 1760 yards . Its appearance at funfet was very striking ; when the fun was below the horizon , and the rest of the island appeared of a deep black , the mountain ftill reflected his rays , and glowed with a ...
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... miles a - head of the log , and the next day feven . On the third , hoifted out the boat to Monday 3 , discover whether there was a current , and found one to the eastward , at the rate of three quarters of a mile an hour . During our ...
... miles a - head of the log , and the next day feven . On the third , hoifted out the boat to Monday 3 , discover whether there was a current , and found one to the eastward , at the rate of three quarters of a mile an hour . During our ...
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