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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... from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq John Hawkesworth. Hookey Jenip Man of Prince William's Sound . Woman of Prince William's Sound . POULAHO Hing of the Friendly Islands . Woman of Exocre of the Friendly Islands . Eaxxreft Wibber del MIC.
... from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq John Hawkesworth. Hookey Jenip Man of Prince William's Sound . Woman of Prince William's Sound . POULAHO Hing of the Friendly Islands . Woman of Exocre of the Friendly Islands . Eaxxreft Wibber del MIC.
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... Islands near the Coaft the Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country , and the Dangers of that Navigation . * The fecond Chapter in this Book is by mistake numbered IV . 589 CHAP . CHAP . VIII . Departure from ...
... Islands near the Coaft the Range from Endeavour River to the Northern Extremity of the Country , and the Dangers of that Navigation . * The fecond Chapter in this Book is by mistake numbered IV . 589 CHAP . CHAP . VIII . Departure from ...
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... island , was confirmed , by our feeing part of the land of Tovy Poenammoo open to the weftward of it , extending as far as W. by S. At eight in the morning , the extremes of the island bore N. 76 W. and N. N. E. E .; and an opening near ...
... island , was confirmed , by our feeing part of the land of Tovy Poenammoo open to the weftward of it , extending as far as W. by S. At eight in the morning , the extremes of the island bore N. 76 W. and N. N. E. E .; and an opening near ...
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... island bearing Sunday 11 . N. W. by N. diftant about five leagues ; about two hours afterwards we saw land a - head ... island ; on the contrary , I was clearly of opinion that it made part of the main . At noon , the western extremity ...
... island bearing Sunday 11 . N. W. by N. diftant about five leagues ; about two hours afterwards we saw land a - head ... island ; on the contrary , I was clearly of opinion that it made part of the main . At noon , the western extremity ...
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... islands , behind which there must be shelter from all winds , though poffibly there may not be fufficient depth of ... island . Αν At fun - fet , the fouthermost land in fight 424 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
... islands , behind which there must be shelter from all winds , though poffibly there may not be fufficient depth of ... island . Αν At fun - fet , the fouthermost land in fight 424 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
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