Cook Vol.1

Published July 1.1809. by Richard Phillips. Bridge Street, Blackfriars. London.

A

COLLECTION

VOYAGES

AND

TRAVELS,

FROM

THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

TO THE

COMMENCEMENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,

IN TWENTY-EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS,

BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS ;

By W. Flint, Old Bailey.

CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

BOOK. I.

CHAP. I.

The Passage from Plymouth to Madeira, with some Ac-

count of that Island.

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CHAP 11.

The Passage from Madeira to Rio de Janeiro, with some

Account of the Country, and the Incidents that happened

there.

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CHAP. III.

The Passage from Rio de Janeiro to the Entrance of the

Streight of Le Maire, with a Description of some of the

Inhabitants of Terra del Fuego.

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CHAP. IV.

An Account of what happened in ascending a Mountain to

search for Plants.

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CHAP. V.

The Passage through the Streight of Le Maire, and a

further Description of the Inhabitants of Terra del Fuego,

and its Productions.

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CHAP. VI.

A general Description of the southeast Part of Terra del

Fuego, and the Streight of Le Maire; with some

Remarks on Lord Afson's Account of then, and Direc-

tions for the Passage. Westward, round this Part of

America, into the Fouth Seas.

CHAP. VII.

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The Sequel of the Passage from Cape Horn to the newly

discovered Islands in the South Seas, with a Descrip-

tion of their Figure and Appearance; some Account

of the Inhabitants, and several Incidents that happened

during the Course, and at the Ship's Arrival among

them.

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