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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... observation of Dr. Heberden , lies in the latitude of 32 ° 33 ′ 33 ′′ N. and lon- gitude 16 ° 49 ′ W. It is fituated in the bottom of a bay , and though larger than the extent of the island seems to deserve , is very ill built ; the ...
... observation of Dr. Heberden , lies in the latitude of 32 ° 33 ′ 33 ′′ N. and lon- gitude 16 ° 49 ′ W. It is fituated in the bottom of a bay , and though larger than the extent of the island seems to deserve , is very ill built ; the ...
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... observed to change , upon which we founded , and found ground at the depth of 32 fathoms ; the lead was caft three times within about four hours , without a foot difference in the depth or quality of the bottom , which was coral rock ...
... observed to change , upon which we founded , and found ground at the depth of 32 fathoms ; the lead was caft three times within about four hours , without a foot difference in the depth or quality of the bottom , which was coral rock ...
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... observe a tranfit of the planet Venus over the Sun , an aftronomical phænomenon of great importance to navi- gation . Of the tranfit of Venus , however , he could form no other conception , than that it was the paffing of the North Star ...
... observe a tranfit of the planet Venus over the Sun , an aftronomical phænomenon of great importance to navi- gation . Of the tranfit of Venus , however , he could form no other conception , than that it was the paffing of the North Star ...
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... observed , give the name of Farinha de Pao , which may not improperly be tranflated , Powder of poft . The foil , though it produces tobacco and sugar , will not produce bread - corn ; so that the people here have no wheat - flour , but ...
... observed , give the name of Farinha de Pao , which may not improperly be tranflated , Powder of poft . The foil , though it produces tobacco and sugar , will not produce bread - corn ; so that the people here have no wheat - flour , but ...
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... observed , the water is not good ; they land their cafks upon a smooth fandy beach , which is not more than a hundred yards diftant from the fountain , and upon applica- tion to the Viceroy , a centinel will be appointed to look after F ...
... observed , the water is not good ; they land their cafks upon a smooth fandy beach , which is not more than a hundred yards diftant from the fountain , and upon applica- tion to the Viceroy , a centinel will be appointed to look after F ...
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