Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook

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Title: Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by
Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous
and Intervening Periods

Author: A. Kippis
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NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD,
PERFORMED BY CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE DURING THE PREVIOUS
AND INTERVENING PERIODS.
BY
A. KIPPIS, D.D., F.R.S., & S.A.

TO THE KING.
SIR,
I esteem myself highly honoured in being permitted to dedicate and
present my Narrative of the Life and Actions of Captain James Cook to
your Majesty. It was owing to your Majesty's royal patronage and
bounty, that this illustrious navigator was enabled to execute those vast
undertakings, and to make those extraordinary discoveries, which have
contributed so much to the reputation of the British empire, and have
reflected such peculiar glory on your Majesty's reign. Without your
Majesty's munificence and encouragement, the world would have
remained destitute of that immense light which has been thrown on
geography, navigation, and the most important sciences. To your

Majesty, therefore, a work like the present is with particular propriety
addressed.
It is impossible, on this occasion, to avoid extending my thoughts to the
other noble instances in which your Majesty's liberal protection of
science and literature has been displayed. Your Majesty began your
reign in a career so glorious to princes: and wonderful has been the
increase of knowledge and taste in this country. The improvements in
philosophical science, and particularly in astronomy; the exertions of
experimental and chemical inquiry, the advancement of natural history,
the progress and perfection of the polite arts, and the valuable
compositions that have been produced in every department of learning,
have corresponded with your Majesty's gracious wishes and
encouragement, and have rendered the name of Britain famous in every
quarter of the globe. If there be any persons who, in these respects,
would depreciate the present times, in comparison with those which
have preceded them, it may safely be asserted, that such persons have
not duly attended to the history of literature. The course of my studies
has enabled me to speak with some confidence on the subject; and to
say, that your majesty's reign is eminently distinguished by one of the
greatest glories that can belong to a monarch.
Knowledge and virtue constitute the chief happiness of a nation: and it
is devoutly to be wished that the virtue of this country were equal to its
knowledge. If it be not so, this does not arise from the want of an
illustrious example in the person of your Majesty, and that of your
royal Consort. The pattern which is set by the King and Queen of Great
Britain, of those qualities which are the truest ornaments and felicities
of life, affords a strong incitement to the imitation of the same
excellencies; and cannot fail of contributing to the more extensive
prevalence of that moral conduct on which the welfare of society so
greatly depends.
That your Majesty may possess every felicity in your royal Person and
Family, and enjoy a long and prosperous reign, over an enlightened, a
free, and a happy people, is the sincere and ardent prayer of,
SIR, Your Majesty's most faithful, and most obedient, subject and
servant,
ANDREW KIPPIS. London, June 31, 1788.

PREFACE.
Although I have often appeared before the public as a writer, I never
did it with so much diffidence and anxiety