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 2First 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. |
Was andere dazu sagen - Rezension schreiben
Es wurden keine Rezensionen gefunden.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alſo appeared arms Banks boat body bore brought called canoes Cape carried Chief cloth continued covered direction diſcovered diſtance eaſt eight fail fathom feet fire firſt fiſh five four Friday gave half hand happened harbour head hills hogs hour houſe immediately Indians inhabitants iſland kind land latitude leagues leaſt leave leſs lies longitude manner miles Monday morning moſt natives never night o'clock obſerved ordered Otaheite party perſon piece plantains preſent produce received reſt returned river rocks round ſaid ſame ſaw ſea ſee ſeemed ſeen ſent ſet ſeven ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſide ſmall Solander ſome ſometimes ſoon ſouth ſtood ſuch Sunday taken themſelves theſe thing thoſe thought told took trees Tueſday Tupia twenty uſe viſit weſt whole wind women wood