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 3W. 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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... Friday the 9th of Fe- bruary , having tacked , we ftood S. W. and continued to make fail to the fouthward till funfet on the 11th , when a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the ...
... Friday the 9th of Fe- bruary , having tacked , we ftood S. W. and continued to make fail to the fouthward till funfet on the 11th , when a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the ...
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... Friday 16 . At day - break on the 16th , we difcovered land bearing S. by W. and seemingly detached from the coast we were upon . About eight , a breeze sprung up , at N. by E. and we fteered directly for it . At noon , we were in ...
... Friday 16 . At day - break on the 16th , we difcovered land bearing S. by W. and seemingly detached from the coast we were upon . About eight , a breeze sprung up , at N. by E. and we fteered directly for it . At noon , we were in ...
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... Friday 23- pecting wind from the fame quarter , we kept plying be- tween seven and fifteen leagues from the shore , having from seventy to forty - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude ...
... Friday 23- pecting wind from the fame quarter , we kept plying be- tween seven and fifteen leagues from the shore , having from seventy to forty - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude ...
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... Friday 23 . Saturday 24 . Sunday 25 . calm ; but a light breeze then springing up at E.N.E. we steered S.S.E. all night , edging off from the land , the hollow swell ftill continuing ; our depth of water was from fixty to feventy - five ...
... Friday 23 . Saturday 24 . Sunday 25 . calm ; but a light breeze then springing up at E.N.E. we steered S.S.E. all night , edging off from the land , the hollow swell ftill continuing ; our depth of water was from fixty to feventy - five ...
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... Friday 2 . Saturday 3 . Sunday 4 . Monday 5 . and ftood to the northward : in the afternoon , we found the variation to be 16 ° 34 ′ E. At eight in the evening , we tacked and stood to the fouthward , with the wind at west . At noon ...
... Friday 2 . Saturday 3 . Sunday 4 . Monday 5 . and ftood to the northward : in the afternoon , we found the variation to be 16 ° 34 ′ E. At eight in the evening , we tacked and stood to the fouthward , with the wind at west . At noon ...
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