A Voyage Round the World, 2 vols. 9780824861308

Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on the Text and Annotations
A Voyage Round the World
Preface
Contents
A Voyage Round the World. BOOK I
CHAPTER I. Departure—Passage from Plymouth to Madeira—Description of that Island
CHAPTER II. The Passage from Madeira to the Cape Verd Islands, and from thence to the Cape of Good Hope
CHAPTER III. Stay at the Cape of Good Hope— Account of that Settlement
CHAPTER IV. Run from the Cape to the Antarctic Circle; first Season spent in high Southern Latitudes— Arrival on the Coast of New Zeeland
CHAPTER V. Stay at Dusky Bay; Description of it, and Account of our Transactions there
CHAPTER VI. Passage from Dusky Bay to Queen Charlotte’s Sound—Junction with the Adventure— Transactions during our Stay there
CHAPTER VII. Run from New Zeeland to O-Taheitee
CHAPTER VIII. Anchorage in O-Aitepeha Harbour, on the lesser Peninsula of O-Taheitee— Account of our Stay there— Removal to Matavaï Bay
CHAPTER IX. Account of our Transactions at Matavaï Bay
CHAPTER X. Account of our Transactions at the Society Islands
A Voyage Round the World. BOOK II
CHAPTER I. Run from the Society Isles to the Friendly Isles, with an Account of our Transactions there
CHAPTER II. Course from the Friendly Isles to New Zeeland—Separation from the Adventure— Second Stay in Queen Charlotte’s Sound
CHAPTER III. The second Course towards the high Southern Latitudes; from New Zeeland to Easter Island
CHAPTER IV. An Account of Easter Island, and our Stay there
CHAPTER V. Run from Easter Island to the Marquesas— Stay in Madre-de-Dios Harbour, on Waitahoo— Course from thence through the Low Islands to Taheitee
CHAPTER VI. An Account of our second Visit to the Island of O-Taheitee
CHAPTER VII. The second Stay at the Society Islands
CHAPTER VIII. Run from the Society to the Friendly Islands
Notes to Volume I
A Voyage Round the World. BOOK III
CHAPTER I. An Account of our Stay at Mallicollo, and Discovery of the New Hebrides
CHAPTER II. Account of our Stay at Tanna, and Departure from the New Hebrides
CHAPTER III. Discovery of New Caledonia—Account of our Stay there—Range along the Coast to our Departure—Discovery of Norfolk Island— Return to New Zeeland
CHAPTER IV. Third and last Stay at Queen Charlotte’s Sound, in New Zeeland
CHAPTER V. The Course from New Zeeland to Tierra del Fuego—Stay at Christmas Harbour
CHAPTER VI. Stay at the New Year’s Islands— Discovery of Lands to the Southward— Return to the Cape of Good Hope
CHAPTER VII. Second Stay at the Cape of Good Hope— Run from thence to the Islands of St. Helena and Ascension
CHAPTER VIII. Run from Ascension, past the Island of Fernando da Noronha, to the Açores— Stay at Fayal—Return to England
APPENDIXES
Notes to Volume II
Bibliography
Index

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