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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... fail to the fouthward till funset on the 11th , when Friday 9 : Sunday a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the weather was clear we had a good view . Between the foot of the high ...
... fail to the fouthward till funset on the 11th , when Friday 9 : Sunday a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the weather was clear we had a good view . Between the foot of the high ...
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... fail as the ship would bear , we were driven three leagues to the leeward . 1770 . February . Tuesday 20 . We continued to ftand off and on all this day and the next , Wednes . 21 . keeping at the distance of between four and twelve ...
... fail as the ship would bear , we were driven three leagues to the leeward . 1770 . February . Tuesday 20 . We continued to ftand off and on all this day and the next , Wednes . 21 . keeping at the distance of between four and twelve ...
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... fail , the point bore north , distant three leagues , and we now found that the land trended from it S. W. by W. as far as we could fee . This point I named CAPE SAUNDERS , in honour of Sir Charles . Our latitude was 45 ° 35 ′ S. and ...
... fail , the point bore north , distant three leagues , and we now found that the land trended from it S. W. by W. as far as we could fee . This point I named CAPE SAUNDERS , in honour of Sir Charles . Our latitude was 45 ° 35 ′ S. and ...
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... fail under our I courses ; and at eight the next morning fet the topfails close Wednes . 28 , reefed . At noon , our latitude was 47 ° 43 ′ , and our longi- tude eaft from Cape Saunders 2 ° 10. At this time , we wore 3H 2 and ་ 1770 ...
... fail under our I courses ; and at eight the next morning fet the topfails close Wednes . 28 , reefed . At noon , our latitude was 47 ° 43 ′ , and our longi- tude eaft from Cape Saunders 2 ° 10. At this time , we wore 3H 2 and ་ 1770 ...
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... fail we could make . In the morning of the 4th , we found the variation to be 16 ° 16 ′ E. This day we saw some whales and feals , as we had done several times after our having paffed the ftreight ; but we faw no feal while we were upon ...
... fail we could make . In the morning of the 4th , we found the variation to be 16 ° 16 ′ E. This day we saw some whales and feals , as we had done several times after our having paffed the ftreight ; but we faw no feal while we were upon ...
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