A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels

General History and Collection
of Voyages and Travels, A

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Title: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol.
12 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
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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. XII.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: AND T. CADELL,
LONDON.
MDCCCXXIV.
CONTENTS OF VOL. XII.
* * * * *

PART III.
_General Voyages and Travels of Discovery, &c._
BOOK I. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by order of his
Majesty, George III, for making Discoveries in the Southern
Hemisphere; and successively performed, by Commodore Byron,
Captains Wallis and Carteret, and Lieutenant Cook.

General Introduction.
CHAP I. An Account of Commodore Byron's Voyage, in 1764, 5, and
6 in His Majesty's ship the Dolphin.
SECT. I. The Passage from the Downs to Rio de Janeiro.
II. Passage from Rio de Janeiro to Port Desire; with some Description
of that Place.
III. Course from Port Desire, in search of Pepy's Island, and afterwards
to the Coast of Patagonia, with a Description of the Inhabitants.
IV. Passage up the Streight of Magellan, to Port Famine; with some
Account of that Harbour, and the adjacent Coast.
V. The Course back from Port Famine to Falkland's Islands, with some
Account of the Country.
VI. The Passage through the Strait of Magellan as far as Cape Monday,
with a Description of several Bays and Harbours, formed by the Coast
on each Side.
VII. The Passage from Cape Monday, in the Strait of Magellan, into the
South Seas; with some general Remarks on the Navigation of that
Strait.
SECT. VIII. The Run from the Western Entrance of the Strait of
Magellan to the Islands of Disappointment.
IX. The Discovery of King George's Islands, with a Description of
them, and an Account of several Incidents that happened there.
X. The Run from King George's Islands to the Islands of Saypan,
Tinian, and Aguigan; with an Account of several Islands that were
discovered in that Track.
XI. The Arrival of the Dolphin and Tamar at Tinian, a Description of
the present Condition of that Island, and an Account of the

Transactions there.
XII. The Run from Tinian to Pulo Timoan, with some Account of that
Island, its Inhabitants and Productions, and thence to Batavia.
XIII. Transactions at Batavia, and Departure from that Place.
XIV. The Passage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope, and from
thence to England.
CHAP. II. An Account of Captain Wallis's Voyage in 1766, 7, and 8, in
his Majesty's ship the Dolphin.
SECT. I. The Passage to the Coast of Patagonia, with some Account of
the Natives.
II. The Passage through the Strait of Magellan, with some further
Account of the Patagonian's, and a Description of the Coast on each
Side, and its Inhabitants.
III. A particular Account of the Places in which we anchored during our
Passage through the Strait, and of the Shoals and Rocks that lie near
them.
IV. The Passage from the Strait of Magellan, to King George the
Third's Island, called Otaheite, in the South Sea, with an Account of the
Discovery; of several other Islands, and a Description of their
Inhabitants.
V. An Account of the Discovery of King George the Third's Island, or
Otaheite, and of several Incidents which happened both on board the
Ship and on Shore.
SECT. VI. The Sick sent on Shore, and a regular Trade established
with the Natives; some Account of their Character and Manners, of
their Visits on board the Ship, and a Variety of Incidents that happened
during this Intercourse.
VII. An Account of an Expedition to discover the Inland Part of the

Country, and our other