A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 11

A General History and Collection
of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 11

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A General History and Collection of
Voyages
and Travels, Volume 11, by Robert Kerr This eBook is for the use of
anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project
Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at
www.gutenberg.net
Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels,
Volume 11 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
Author: Robert Kerr
Release Date: March 16, 2005 [EBook #15376]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VOYAGES
AND TRAVELS, VOLUME 11 ***

Produced by Robert Connal, Alison Hadwin and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously
made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical
Microreproductions.

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. XI.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: AND T. CADELL,
LONDON. MDCCCXXIV.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XI

PART II. BOOK IV. CONTINUED.
CHAP. XII.--(Continued.) Voyage round the World, by Captain
George Shelvocke, in 1719-1722,
SECT. V. Voyage from California to Canton in China,
VI. Residence in China, and Voyage thence to England,
VII. Supplement to the foregoing Voyage,
VIII. Appendix to Shelvocke's Voyage round the World. Containing
Observations on the Country and Inhabitants of Peru, by Captain
Betagh,
Introduction, § 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury by the
Spaniards, § 2. Observations made by Betagh in the North of Peru, § 3.
Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account of the English Prisoners at
that Place, § 4. Description of Lima, and some Account of the
Government of Peru, § 5. Some Account of the Mines of Peru and Chili,

§ 6. Observations on the Trade of Chili, § 7. Some Account of the
French Interlopers in Chili, § 8. Return of Betagh to England,
CHAP. XIII. Voyage round the World, by Commodore Roggewein, in
1721-1723
Introduction
SECT. I. Narrative of the Voyage from Holland to the Coast of Brazil,
II. Arrival in Brazil, with some Account of that Country,
III. Incidents during the Voyage from Brazil to Juan Fernandez, with a
Description of that Island,
IV. Continuation of the Voyage from Juan Fernandez till the Shipwreck
of the African Galley,
V. Continuation of the Voyage after the Loss of the African, to the
Arrival of Roggewein at New Britain,
VI. Description of New Britain, and farther Continuation of the Voyage
till the Arrival of Roggewein at Java,
VII. Occurrences from their Arrival at the Island of Java, to the
Confiscation of the Ships at Batavia,
VIII. Description of Batavia and the Island of Java, with some Account
of the Government of the Dutch East-India Company's Affairs,
IX. Description of Ceylon,
X. Some Account of the Governments of Amboina, Banda, Macasser,
the Moluccas, Mallacca, and the Cape of Good Hope,
XI. Account of the Directories of Coromandel, Surat, Bengal, and
Persia,
XII. Account of the Commanderies of Malabar, Gallo, Java, and

Bantam,
XIII. Some Account of the Residences of Cheribon, Siam, and Mockha,
XIV. Of the Trade of the Dutch in Borneo and China,
XV. Of the Dutch Trade with Japan,
XVI. Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope,
XVII. Voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Holland, with some
Account of St Helena, the Island of Ascension, and the Açores,
CHAP. XIV. Voyage round the World, by Captain George Anson, in
the Years 1740-1744,
Preface,
Introduction,
SECT. I. Of the Equipment of the Squadron, and the Incidents relating
to it, from its first Appointment to its setting Sail from St Helens,
II. The Passage from St Helens to the Island of Madeira, with a short
Account of that Island, and of our Stay there,
III. History of the Spanish Squadron commanded by Don Joseph
Pizarro, 236
IV. Passage from Madeira to St Catharines,
V. Proceedings at St Catharines, and a Description of that Place, with a
short Account of Brazil,
VI. The Run from St Catharines to Port St Julian; with some Account
of the Port, and of the Country to the South of the Rio Plata,
VII. Departure from the Bay of St Julian, and Passage from thence to
the Straits of Le Maire,

VIII. Course from the Straits of Le Maire to Cape Noir,
IX. Observations and Directions for facilitating