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An historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators, vol. 3 of 4

by David Henry (1710–1792)

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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. is a 1773 book by John Hawkesworth about several Royal Navy voyages to the Pacific: the 1764–1766 and 1766–1768 voyages of HMS Dolphin under John Byron and Samuel Wallis, the voyage of HMS Swallow under Philip Carteret (1766–1769), as well as the 1768–1771 first voyage of James Cook on HMS Endeavour. Hawkesworth received an advance of £6,000 for editing the three volumes. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)

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Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is enclosed in underscores. Superscript characters are preceded by ^. Small capital text has been changed to all capital. Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.

That of SYDNEY PARKINSON, Draftsman to JOSEPH BANKS, Esq; who
circumnavigated the Globe with Capt. COOK, in his Majesty’s Ship the
ENDEAVOUR.
AND

The Voyage of Mons. BOUGAINVILLE round the World, Performed by Order of the French King.

An APPENDIX. Containing the JOURNAL of a VOYAGE to the NORTH POLE, by
the Hon. Commodore PHIPPS, and Captain LUTWIDGE.
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VOLUME THE THIRD.
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LONDON:
Printed for F. NEWBERY, the Corner of St. Paul’s Church-Yard.
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M DCC LXXIII.

His present Majesty having formed a design of prosecuting the discovery of countries in the South Seas, was pleased, in the year 1764, to give orders for the carrying this design into execution: in consequence of which, the Dolphin ship of war and the Tamar frigate were fitted, manned, and victualled for this expedition.

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