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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... afternoon of 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 ...
... afternoon of 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 ...
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... afternoon , a fresh gale fprung up at N. E. and we steered S. W. by W. for the southermost land in fight , which at sunset bore from us S. 74 W. At this time the variation was 15 ° 4 ' E. L 2 At eight o'clock in the morning of the 14th ...
... afternoon , a fresh gale fprung up at N. E. and we steered S. W. by W. for the southermost land in fight , which at sunset bore from us S. 74 W. At this time the variation was 15 ° 4 ' E. L 2 At eight o'clock in the morning of the 14th ...
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... afternoon , when Mr. Banks was out in the boat a shooting , we saw , with our glaffes , four double canoes , hav- ing on board fifty - seven men , put off from that shore , and make towards him : we immediately made fignals for him to ...
... afternoon , when Mr. Banks was out in the boat a shooting , we saw , with our glaffes , four double canoes , hav- ing on board fifty - seven men , put off from that shore , and make towards him : we immediately made fignals for him to ...
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... afternoon we had a light breeze at N. E. with which we steered weft , edging in for the land , which was distant about eight leagues . At feven in the evening , we were about fix . leagues from the shore , and the fouthermoft extremity ...
... afternoon we had a light breeze at N. E. with which we steered weft , edging in for the land , which was distant about eight leagues . At feven in the evening , we were about fix . leagues from the shore , and the fouthermoft extremity ...
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... afternoon , we steered S. W. by S. and S. W. edging in for the land with a fresh gale at north ; but though we were at no great dif- tance , the weather was fo hazy that we could fee nothing distinctly upon it , except a ridge of high ...
... afternoon , we steered S. W. by S. and S. W. edging in for the land with a fresh gale at north ; but though we were at no great dif- tance , the weather was fo hazy that we could fee nothing distinctly upon it , except a ridge of high ...
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