A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 8R. Phillips & Company, 1809 |
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Adventure Bay amongst anchor Annamooka appear arrived beach birds Board of Longitude boat brought called canoes Cape Cape François Cape George Captain Clerke Captain Cook Caroline Islands chart Chief cloth coast cocoa-nuts colour continued Cook's Voyage coral rock dance discovered discovery distance Eastward etoa farther fathoms Feenou feet fish Friendly Islands Haiva Hapaee harbour hills hogs inhabitants inlet isles kava Kerguelen King land latitude leagues leave longitude manner mentioned miles Monsieur morning natives navigators North East North West o'clock observed Omai Otaheite Pacific Ocean Pagès passage person piece plantains plants Poulaho present pretty reef returned round sail seemed seen shew ships shore side soon sort South East South West Southern stone Taipa Teneriffe thing tion told Tongataboo trees Van Diemen's Land visited whole wind women wood yams Zealand
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Page xvii - covers its surface. His own summary view of the transactions of this voyage, will be a proper conclusion to these remarks: " I had now made the circuit of the Southern **" Ocean in a high latitude, and traversed it in such a manner •* as to leave not the least room for there being a continent,
Page xvii - unless near the pole, and out of the reach of navigation. «* By twice visiting the Tropical Sea, I had not only settled *' the situation of some old discoveries, but made there many •* new ones, and left, I conceive, very little to be done, even •* in that part. Thus I flatter myself, that the intention of the
Page 126 - not grow in a perpendicular direction, but makes a very acute angle with the bottom, and much of it afterward spreads many fathoms on the surface of the sea, I am well warranted to say, that some of it grows to the length of sixty fathoms and upward. At one o'clock (having run two leagues upon a
Page xxiii - You are also carefully to observe the nature of the soil, and the produce thereof; the animals and fowls that inhabit or frequent it; the fishes that are to be found in the rivers or upon the coast, and in what plenty; and, in case there are any peculiar to such places, to describe them
Page xxiv - have not already been discovered or visited by any other European power; and to distribute among the inhabitants such things as will remain as traces and testimonies of your having been there; but if you find the countries so discovered are uninhabited, you are to take possession of them for His Majesty, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions,
Page xxv - to any of His Majesty's subjects, or to His Majesty, " shall find out, and sail through, any passage by sea, between *' the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in any direction, or parallel " of the Northern hemisphere, to the Northward of the 52" of " Northern latitude, the owners of such
Page 151 - on shore. We had not been long at anchor before several canoes, filled with natives, came along-side of the ships ^ but very few of them would venture on board ; which appeared the more extraordinary, as I was well known, to them all. There was one man in particular amongst
Page xxiv - first discoverers and possessors. But forasmuch as, in undertakings of this nature, several emergencies may arise not to be foreseen, and therefore not particularly to be provided for by instructions, before-hand; you are, in all such cases, to proceed as you shall judge most advantageous to the service on which you are employed.
Page lxv - unavoidable imperfections of written accounts, by enabling us to preserve, and to bring home, such drawings of the most memorable scenes of our transactions, as could only be executed by a professed and skilful artist. On the 15th, the Resolution sailed from Long Reach, with the Discovery in company, and the same evening they anchored at the
Page 151 - the course of this day, a great number of families came from different parts of the coast, and took up their residence close to us; so that there was not a spot in the cove where a hut could be put up, that was not occupied by them, except the place where •we had fixed