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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... the topfails clofe Wednes . 28 . reefed . At noon , our latitude was 47 ° 43 ′ , and our longi- tude eaft from Cape Saunders 2 ° 10 ' . At this time , we wore and 1770 . February . Wednef . 28 . March . ROUND THE WORLD . 15.
... the topfails clofe Wednes . 28 . reefed . At noon , our latitude was 47 ° 43 ′ , and our longi- tude eaft from Cape Saunders 2 ° 10 ' . At this time , we wore and 1770 . February . Wednef . 28 . March . ROUND THE WORLD . 15.
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... March . Thursday 1 . 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 ...
... March . Thursday 1 . 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 ...
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... March . At noon on the 6th , we were nearly in the fame fituation Tuesday 6 . as at noon on the day before : in the afternoon we found the variation , by several azimuths and the amplitude , to be 15 ° 10 ' E. On the 7th at noon , we ...
... March . At noon on the 6th , we were nearly in the fame fituation Tuesday 6 . as at noon on the day before : in the afternoon we found the variation , by several azimuths and the amplitude , to be 15 ° 10 ' E. On the 7th at noon , we ...
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... March . Friday 9 . Saturday 10 . ༧ night , and discovered the others under our bow at break of day , it is manifeft that our danger was imminent , and our escape critical in the highest degree : from the fituation of thefe rocks , fo ...
... March . Friday 9 . Saturday 10 . ༧ night , and discovered the others under our bow at break of day , it is manifeft that our danger was imminent , and our escape critical in the highest degree : from the fituation of thefe rocks , fo ...
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... March . longitude , weft from the South Cape , 59 ' . We flood away N. N. E. close upon a wind , without feeing any land , tilt two the next morning , when we difcovered an ifland bearing Sunday 11 . N. W. by N. diftant about five ...
... March . longitude , weft from the South Cape , 59 ' . We flood away N. N. E. close upon a wind , without feeing any land , tilt two the next morning , when we difcovered an ifland bearing Sunday 11 . N. W. by N. diftant about five ...
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