CONTENTS

OF

VOL. XII.

PART III.

General Voyages and Travels of Discovery, &c.

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BOOK I. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by order

of his Majesty, George III., for making Discoveries

in the Southern Hemisphere; and successively per-

formed by Commodore Byron, Captains Wallis and

Carteret, and Lieutenant Cook,

General Introduction,

CHAP. I. An Account of Commodore Byron's Voyage, in
1764, 5, and 6, in his Majesty's ship the Dolphin,
SECT. I. The Passage from the Downs to Rio de Ja-

neiro,

II. Passage from Rio de Janeiro to Port Desire;

with some Description of that Place,

III. Course from Port Desire, in search of Pepy's

Island, and afterwards to the Coast of Pa-

tagonia, with a Description of the Inhabit-

ants,

IV. Passage up the Streight of Magellan, to Port

Famine; with some Account of that Har-

bour, and the adjacent Coast,

V. The Course back from Port Famine to Falk-

land's Islands, with some Account of the

Country,

VI. The Passage through the Strait of Magellan
as far as Cape Monday, with a Description
of several Bays and Harbours, formed by
the Coast on each Side,

VII. The Passage from Cape Monday, in the Strait

of Magellan, into the South Seas; with some

general Remarks on the Navigation of that

Strait,

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SECT. VIII. The Run from the Western Entrance of the
Strait of Magellan to the Islands of Dis-
appointment,

IX. The Discovery of King George's Islands,
with a Description of them, and an Ac-
count of several Incidents that happened
there,

X. The Run from King George's Islands to the
Islands of Saypan, Tinian, and Aguigan ;
with an Account of several Islands that
were discovered in that Track,

XI. The Arrival of the Dolphin and Tamar at
Tinian, a Description of the present
Condition of that Island, and an Ac-
count of the Transactions there,

XII. The Run from Tinian to Pulo Timoan,

with some Account of that Island, its

Inhabitants and Productions, and thence

to Batavia,

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XIII. Transactions at Batavia, and Departure

from that Place,

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XIV. The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of

Good Hope, and from thence to Eng-

land,

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CHAP. II. An Account of Captain Wallis's Voyage in 1766,

7, and 8, in his Majesty's ship the Dolphin, 120

SECT. I. The Passage to the Coast of Patagonia, with

some Account of the Natives,

II. The Passage through the Strait of Ma-
gellan, with some further Account of
the Patagonians, and a Description of
the Coast on each Side, and its Inha-
bitants,
III. A particular Account of the Places in which
we anchored during our Passage through
the Strait, and of the Shoals and Rocks
that lie near them,

ib.

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IV. The Passage from the Strait of Magellan,

to King George the Third's Island, call-

ed Otaheite, in the South Sea, with an

Account of the Discovery of several

other Islands, and a Description of their

Inhabitants,

V. An Account of the Discovery of King

George the Third's Island, or Otaheite,

and of several Incidents which happen-

ed both on board the Ship and on Shore, 175

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SECT. VI. The Sick sent on Shore, and a regular Trade

established with the Natives; some Ac-

count of their Character and Manners,

of their Visits on board the Ship, and a

Variety of Incidents that happened du-

ring this Intercourse,

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VII. An Account of an Expedition to discover

the Inland Part of the Country, and our

other Transactions, till we quitted the

Island to continue our Voyage,

VIII. A more particular Account of the Inha-

bitants of Otaheite, and of their domes-

tic Life, Manners, and Arts,

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IX. Passage from Otaheite to Tinian, with

some Account of several other Islands

that were discovered in the South Seas, 218

X. Some Account of the present State of the

Island of Tinian, and our Employment

there; with what happened in the Run

from thence to Batavia,

XI. Transactions at Batavia, and an Account

of the Passage from thence to the Cape

of Good Hope,

XII. An Account of our Transactions at the

Cape of Good Hope, and of the Return

of the Dolphin to England,

A Table of the Latitudes and Longitudes West of Lon-

don, with the Variation of the Needle at several Ports,

and Situations at Sea, from Observations made on

board his Majesty's Ship the Dolphin; also her Nau-

tical Reckoning during the Voyage,

CHAP. IIL An Account of Captain Carteret's Voyage, in
1766, 7, 8, and 9, in his Majesty's Sloop the
Swallow,

SECT. I. The Run from Plymouth to Madeira, and
from thence through the Strait of Ma-
gellan,

II. The passage from Cape Pillar, at the West-

ern entrance of the Strait of Magellan,

to Masafuero; with some Account of

that Island,

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III. The Passage from Masafuero to Queen

Charlotte's Islands; several Mistakes cor-

rected concerning Davis's Land, and an

Account of some small Islands, supposed

to be the same that were seen by Quiros, 267

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SECT. IV. An Account of the Discovery of Queen

Charlotte's Islands, with a Description

of them and their Inhabitants, and of

what happened at Egmont Island,

V. Departure from Egmont Island, and Passage

to Nova Britannia; with a Description of

several other Islands, and their Inhabit-

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ants,

VI. Discovery of a Strait dividing the Land

called Nova Britannia into two Islands,

with a Description of several small Is-

lands that lie in the Passage, and the

Land on each side, with the Inhabitants, 296

VII. The Passage from Saint George's Channel

to the Island of Mindanao, with an Ac-

count of many Islands that were seen,

and Incidents that happened by the Way, 301

VIII. Some Account of the Coast of Mindanao,

and the Islands near it, in which several

Mistakes of Dampier are corrected,

IX. The Passage from Mindanao to the Island

of Celebes, with a particular Account of

the Strait of Macassar, in which many

Errors are corrected,

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316

X. Transactions off Macassar, and the Pas-

sage thence to Bonthain,

322

XI. Transactions at Bonthain, while the vessel

was waiting for a Wind to carry her to

Batavia, with some Account of the Place,

the Town of Macassar, and the adja-

cent Country,

328

XII, Passage from Bonthain Bay, in the Island

of Celebes, to Batavia. Transactions

there, and the Voyage round the Cape

of Good Hope to England, .

336

A Table of the Variation of the Compass as observed

on board of the Swallow,

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CHAP. IV. An Account of Lieutenant Cook's Voyage, in

1768, 1769, and 1770, in his Majesty's Bark

the Endeavour,

SECT. I. The Passage from Plymouth to Madeira,

with some Account of that Island,

359

ib.

II. The Passage from Madeira to Rio de Ja-

neiro, with some Account of the Coun-

try, and the Incidents that happened

there,

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SECT. III. The Passage from Rio de Janeiro to the

Entrance of the Strait of Le Maire,

with a Description of some of the Inha-

bitants of Terra del Fuego,

IV. An Account of what happened in ascend-

ing a Mountain to search for Plants,

V. The Passage through the Strait of Le

Maire, and a further Description of the

Inhabitants of Terra del Fuego, and its

Productions,

VI. A general Description of the south-east

Part of Terra del Fuego, and the Strait

of Le Maire; with some Remarks on

Lord Anson's Account of them, and

Directions for the Passage Westward,

round this Part of America, into the

South Seas,

VII. The Sequel of the Passage from Cape

Horn to the newly discovered Islands in

the South Seas, with a Description of

their Figure and Appearance; some

Account of the Inhabitants, and several

Incidents that happened during the

Course, and at the Ship's Arrival a-

mong them,

VIII. The Arrival of the Endeavour at Ota-

heite, called by Captain Wallis, King

George the III.'s Island. Rules esta-

blished for Traffic with the Natives,

and an Account of several Incidents

which happened in a Visit to Tootahah

and Toubourai Tamaide, two Chiefs,

IX. A Place fixed upon for an Observatory

and Fort: an Excursion into the Woods,

and its Consequences. The Fort erect-

ed; a Visit from several Chiefs on

Board and at the Fort, with some Ac-

count of the Music of the Natives, and

the Manner in which they dispose of

their Dead,

X. An Excursion to the Eastward, an Ac-

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count of several Incidents that happen-

ed both on Board and on Shore, and of

the first Interview with Oberea, the

Person, who, when the Dolphin was

here, was supposed to be Queen of the

Island, with a Description of the Fort, 438