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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 69
Seite 20
... covered with wood : the land behind it is very different , confifting wholly of mountains , totally barren and rocky ; and this difference gives the Cape the ap- pearance of an island . At At fun - fet , the fouthermoft land in fight 20 ...
... covered with wood : the land behind it is very different , confifting wholly of mountains , totally barren and rocky ; and this difference gives the Cape the ap- pearance of an island . At At fun - fet , the fouthermoft land in fight 20 ...
Seite 21
... covered with fnow , that appeared to have been recently fallen ; and indeed for two days paft we had found the weather very cold . On each fide the entrance of the opening , the land rifes almoft perpendicularly from the sea to a ...
... covered with fnow , that appeared to have been recently fallen ; and indeed for two days paft we had found the weather very cold . On each fide the entrance of the opening , the land rifes almoft perpendicularly from the sea to a ...
Seite 23
... covered with fnow , part of which we supposed to have fallen during the night , when we had rain . At fix in the evening we fhortened fail , and at ten brought to , at the distance of about five leagues from the fhore , where we had 115 ...
... covered with fnow , part of which we supposed to have fallen during the night , when we had rain . At fix in the evening we fhortened fail , and at ten brought to , at the distance of about five leagues from the fhore , where we had 115 ...
Seite 25
... covered with wood . From Point Five Fingers , down to latitude 44 ° 20 ' , there is a narrow ridge of hills that rises directly from the fea , and is covered with wood : clofe behind thefe hills are the mountains , extending in another ...
... covered with wood . From Point Five Fingers , down to latitude 44 ° 20 ' , there is a narrow ridge of hills that rises directly from the fea , and is covered with wood : clofe behind thefe hills are the mountains , extending in another ...
Seite 26
... covered with wood , but it is very probable that the ground , 1in many places , is fwampy , and interspersed with pools of water . From latitude 42 ° 8 ' , to 41 ° 30 , the land is not diftinguished by any thing remarkable : it rifes ...
... covered with wood , but it is very probable that the ground , 1in many places , is fwampy , and interspersed with pools of water . From latitude 42 ° 8 ' , to 41 ° 30 , the land is not diftinguished by any thing remarkable : it rifes ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abreaſt afhore alfo almoſt alſo anchor appeared Auguft Banks Batavia becauſe befides boat bore Botany Bay breeze called Cape Cape Grafton Cape Saunders cloſe coaft coaſt confiderable confifts courſe diftant diſcovered diſtance Dutch eaſt Endeavour River Engliſh faid fame fandy fathom fathom water feemed feen fent feven feveral fhip fhoals fhore fide firſt fiſh fituation fize fmall fome fometimes foon four leagues fouth fouthward freſh Friday fteered ftill fuch houſes Indians inhabitants iſlands juſt land in fight latitude leaſt lefs leſs longitude Maſter miles Monday morning moſt muſt natives night noon northermoft northward o'clock obfervation paffage paffed perfon pinnace poffible purpoſe reaſon reſembling round ſaw ſcarcely ſea ſeemed ſeen Semau ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſmall ſmoke ſome ſtood thefe themſelves theſe thoſe three leagues Thurſday trees Tueſday turtle uſe Wednef weft weftward weſt wind wood yawl