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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... these people had heard nothing of us , and could not but remark the different behaviour and difpofitions of the inhabitants of the different parts of this coaft upon their first approaching the veffel . These kept aloof with a mixture ...
... these people had heard nothing of us , and could not but remark the different behaviour and difpofitions of the inhabitants of the different parts of this coaft upon their first approaching the veffel . These kept aloof with a mixture ...
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... these islands is called by the natives Eaheinomauwe , and the southermoft Tovy , or Tavai Poe- nammoo ; yet , as I have obferved before , we are not sure whether the name Tovy Poenammoo comprehends the whole fouthern island , or only ...
... these islands is called by the natives Eaheinomauwe , and the southermoft Tovy , or Tavai Poe- nammoo ; yet , as I have obferved before , we are not sure whether the name Tovy Poenammoo comprehends the whole fouthern island , or only ...
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... these none , except perhaps the gannet , is the fame with thofe of Eu , rope : here are ducks indeed , and fhags of feveral kinds , fufficiently resembling those of Europe , to be called the fame , by those who have not examined them ...
... these none , except perhaps the gannet , is the fame with thofe of Eu , rope : here are ducks indeed , and fhags of feveral kinds , fufficiently resembling those of Europe , to be called the fame , by those who have not examined them ...
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... these came in immense shoals , and were taken by the natives in their feines , who fold them to us at a very easy rate . Befides thefe , there were fish of many fpecies which we had never seen before , but to all which the feamen very ...
... these came in immense shoals , and were taken by the natives in their feines , who fold them to us at a very easy rate . Befides thefe , there were fish of many fpecies which we had never seen before , but to all which the feamen very ...
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... these plants , with very little pre- paration , they make all their common apparel ; and of these they make also their strings , lines , and cordage for every pur pose , which are fo much stronger than any thing we can make with hemp ...
... these plants , with very little pre- paration , they make all their common apparel ; and of these they make also their strings , lines , and cordage for every pur pose , which are fo much stronger than any thing we can make with hemp ...
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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