A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14
Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813
English
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A
GENERAL
HISTORY AND COLLECTION
OF
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,
ARRANGED IN SYSTEMATIC ORDER:
FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS
OF NAVIGATION, DISCOVERY, AND COMMERCE,
BY SEA AND LAND,
FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY
ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.
ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS.
VOL. XIV.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH:
AND T. CADELL, LONDON.
MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIV.
PART III.
General Voyages and Travels of Discovery, &c.
BOOK II.
An Account of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and round theWorld, performed in his Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure,in the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5: Written by James Cook, Commander ofthe Resolution.
GENERALINTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
From our departure from England to leaving the Society Isles thefirst time.
SECTION I.
Passage from Deptford to the Cape of Good Hope, with an Account ofseveral Incidents that happened by the Way, and Transactionsthere.
SECTION II.
Departure from the Cape of Good Hope, in search of a SouthernContinent.
SECTION III. Sequel of the Search for a Southern Continent,between the Meridian of the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand; withan Account of the Separation of the two Ships, and the Arrival of theResolution in Dusky Bay.
SECTION IV. Transactions in Dusky Bay, with an Account of severalInterviews with the Inhabitants.
SECTION V. Directions for sailing in and out of Dusky Bay, with anAccount of the adjacent Country, its Produce, and Inhabitants:Astronomical and Nautical Observations.
SECTION VI. Passage from Dusky Bay to Queen Charlotte's Sound,with an Account of some Water Spouts, and of our joining theAdventure.
SECTION VII. Captain Furneaux's Narrative, from the Time the twoShips were separated, to their joining again in Queen Charlotte'sSound, with some Account of Van Diemen's Land.
SECTION VIII. Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound, with someRemarks on the Inhabitants.
SECTION IX. Route from New Zealand to Otaheite, with an Account of
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