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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... - try , and several Islands near the Coaft : The Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country , and the Dangers of that Navigation . 185 CHAP . CH A P. VI . Departure from New South Wales CONTENTS .
... - try , and several Islands near the Coaft : The Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country , and the Dangers of that Navigation . 185 CHAP . CH A P. VI . Departure from New South Wales CONTENTS .
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... Island of Savu , and the Tranf- actions there . 258 CHA P. IX . A particular Description of the Island of Savu , its Produce and In- habitants , with a Specimen of their Language . СНАР . Х. 277 The Run from the Island of Savu to ...
... Island of Savu , and the Tranf- actions there . 258 CHA P. IX . A particular Description of the Island of Savu , its Produce and In- habitants , with a Specimen of their Language . СНАР . Х. 277 The Run from the Island of Savu to ...
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... island bore N. 76 W. and N. N. E. E .; and an opening near the fouth point , which had the appearance of a bay or harbour , N. 20 W. diftant be- tween three and four leagues : in this fituation we had thirty- eight fathom water with a ...
... island bore N. 76 W. and N. N. E. E .; and an opening near the fouth point , which had the appearance of a bay or harbour , N. 20 W. diftant be- tween three and four leagues : in this fituation we had thirty- eight fathom water with a ...
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... island I named after Dr. Solander , and called it SOLANDER'S ISLAND . The fhore of the main lies nearest E. by S. and W. by N. and forms a large open bay , in which there is no appearance of any harbour or shelter for shipping against ...
... island I named after Dr. Solander , and called it SOLANDER'S ISLAND . The fhore of the main lies nearest E. by S. and W. by N. and forms a large open bay , in which there is no appearance of any harbour or shelter for shipping against ...
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... islands , behind which there must be shelter from all winds , though poffibly there may not be fufficient depth of ... island . At At fun - fet , the fouthermoft land in fight 20 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
... islands , behind which there must be shelter from all winds , though poffibly there may not be fufficient depth of ... island . At At fun - fet , the fouthermoft land in fight 20 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
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