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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... plants . We met with fome huts , which feemed to have been long deserted , but faw no inhabitants . Mr .. Banks examined feveral of the ftones that lay upon the beach , which were full of veins , and had a mineral appear- ance ; but he ...
... plants . We met with fome huts , which feemed to have been long deserted , but faw no inhabitants . Mr .. Banks examined feveral of the ftones that lay upon the beach , which were full of veins , and had a mineral appear- ance ; but he ...
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... plants , and fruit , would flourish here in the utmost luxuriance : from the ve- getables that we found here , there is reafon to conclude , that the winters are milder than those in England , and we found the fummer not hotter , though ...
... plants , and fruit , would flourish here in the utmost luxuriance : from the ve- getables that we found here , there is reafon to conclude , that the winters are milder than those in England , and we found the fummer not hotter , though ...
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... plants , trees claim a principal place ; for here are forefts of vaft ex- tent , full of the ftraiteft , the cleaneft , and the largest timber trees that we had ever feen ; their fize , their grain , and ар- parent durability , render ...
... plants , trees claim a principal place ; for here are forefts of vaft ex- tent , full of the ftraiteft , the cleaneft , and the largest timber trees that we had ever feen ; their fize , their grain , and ар- parent durability , render ...
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... plants . Sow - thistle , garden night - shade , one or two kinds of grafs , the fame as in Eng- land , and two or three ... plant like what the country people in England call Lamb's quarters , or Fat - hen , which we boiled instead of ...
... plants . Sow - thistle , garden night - shade , one or two kinds of grafs , the fame as in Eng- land , and two or three ... plant like what the country people in England call Lamb's quarters , or Fat - hen , which we boiled instead of ...
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... plant that serves the înhabitants instead of hemp and flax , which excels all that are put to the fame purposes in other countries . Of this plant there are two forts ; the leaves of both resemble those of flags , but the flowers are ...
... plant that serves the înhabitants instead of hemp and flax , which excels all that are put to the fame purposes in other countries . Of this plant there are two forts ; the leaves of both resemble those of flags , but the flowers are ...
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