A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15

A General History and Collection
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Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol.
15 (of 18) 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: Volume 15. Continuing An
Account of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World,
performed in his Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the
Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5: Written by James Cook, Commander of the
Resolution
Author: Robert Kerr
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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. XV.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: AND T. CADELL,
LONDON. MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOL. XV.

PART III.--BOOK II.
[Continuing An Account of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and
round the World, performed in his Majesty's ships the Resolution and
Adventure, in the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5: Written by James Cook,
Commander of the Resolution.]
CHAP. IV.--_Continued._--From leaving New Zealand to our return to
England,
SECT. III. Range from Christmas Sound, round Cape Horn, through
Strait Le Maire, and round Staten Land; with an Account of the
Discovery of a Harbour in that Island, and a Description of the Coasts,
IV. Observations, geographical and nautical, with an Account of the
Islands near Staten Land, and the Animals found in them,
V. Proceedings after leaving Staten Island, with an Account of the
Discovery of the Isle of Georgia, and a Description of it,

VI. Proceedings after leaving the Isle of Georgia, with an Account of
the Discovery of Sandwich Land; with some Reasons for there being
Land about the South Pole,
VII. Heads of what has been done in the Voyage; with some
Conjectures concerning the Formation of Ice-Islands; and an Account
of our Proceedings till our Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope,
VIII. Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings, in the
Adventure, from the Time he was separated from the Resolution, to his
Arrival in England; including Lieutenant Burney's Report concerning
the Boat's Crew who were murdered by the Inhabitants of Queen
Charlotte's Sound,
SECT. IX. Transactions at the Cape of Good Hope; with an Account of
some Discoveries made by the French; and the Arrival of the Ship at St
Helena,
X. Passage from St Helena to the Western Islands, with a Description
of the Island of Ascension and Fernando Noronha,
XI. Arrival of the Ship at the Island of Fayal, a Description of the Place,
and the Return of the Resolution to England,
A Vocabulary of the Language of the Society Isles,
BOOK III. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the
Command of his Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern
Hemisphere; to determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of
North America, its Distance from Asia, and the Practicability of a
Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains
Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and
Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, & 1780,
Introduction,
CHAP. I. Transactions from the Beginning of the Voyage till our
Departure from New Zealand,

SECT. I. Various Preparations for the Voyage. Omai's Behaviour on
embarking. Observations for determining the Longitude of Sheerness,
and the North Foreland. Passage of the Resolution from Deptford to
Plymouth. Employments there. Complements of the Crews of both
Ships, and Names of the Officers. Observations to fix the Longitude of
Plymouth. Departure of the Resolution,
II. Passage of the Resolution to Teneriffe. Reception there. Description
of Santa Cruz Road. Refreshments to be met with. Observations for
fixing the Longitude of Teneriffe. Some Account of the Island.
Botanical Observations. Cities of Santa Cruz and Laguna, Agriculture.
Air and Climate. Commerce. Inhabitants,
III. Departure from Teneriffe. Danger of the Ship near Bonavista. Isle
of Mayo. Port Praya. Precautions against the