A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD; PERFORMED IN
HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS THE RESOLUTION AND ADVENTURE, IN THE YEARS1772, 3, 4, AND 5. WRITTEN BY JAMES COOK, COMMANDER OF THE RESOLUTION.IN WHICH IS INCLUDED CAPTAIN FURNEAUX'S NARRATIVE OF HIS PROCEEDINGSIN THE ADVENTURE DURING THE SEPARATION OF THE SHIPS. IN TWO VOLUMES.ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND CHARTS, AND A VARIETY OF PORTRAITS OFPERSONS AND VIEWS AND PLACES, DRAWN DURING THE VOYAGE BY MR. HODGES,AND ENGRAVED BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS.
VOLUME I
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LONDON: PRINTED FOR W STRAHAN AND T CADELL IN THE STRAND. MDCCLXXVII (1777)
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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
BOOK I.From our departure from England to leaving the Society Isles thefirst time.
CHAPTER I. Passage from Deptford to the Cape of Good Hope, with an Accountof several Incidents that happened by the Way, and Transactions there.
CHAPTER II. Departure from the Cape of Good Hope, in search of a SouthernContinent.
CHAPTER III. Sequel of the Search for a Southern Continent, between theMeridian of the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand; with an Account ofthe Separation of the two Ships, and the Arrival of the Resolution inDusky Bay.
CHAPTER IV. Transactions in Dusky Bay, with an Account of severalInterviews with the Inhabitants.
CHAPTER V. Directions for sailing in and out of Dusky Bay, with an Accountof the adjacent Country, its Produce, and Inhabitants: Astronomical andNautical Observations.
CHAPTER VI. Passage from Dusky Bay to Queen Charlotte's Sound, with anAccount of some Water Spouts, and of our joining the Adventure.
CHAPTER VII. Captain Furneaux's Narrative, from the Time the two Shipswere separated, to their joining again in Queen Charlotte's Sound, withsome Account of Van Diemen's Land.
CHAPTER VIII. Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound, with some Remarkson the Inhabitants.
CHAPTER IX. Route from New Zealand to Otaheite, with an Account of somelow Islands, supposed to be the same that were seen by M. de Bougainville.
CHAPTER X. Arrival of the Ships at Otaheite, with an Account of thecritical Situation they were in, and of several Incidents that happenedwhile they lay in Oaiti-piha Bay.
CHAPTER XI. An Account of several Visits to and from Otoo; of Goatsbeing left on the Island; and many other Particulars which happenedwhile the Ships lay in Matavai Bay.
CHAPTER XII. An Account of the Reception we met with at Huaheine,with the Incidents that happened while the Ships lay there; and ofOmai, one of the Natives, coming away in the Adventure,
CHAPTER XIII. Arrival at, and Departure of the Ships from, Ulietea: Withan Account of what happened there, and of Oedidee, one of the Natives,coming away in the Resolution.
CHAPTER XIV. An Account of a Spanish Ship visiting Otaheite; the presentState of the Islands; with some Observations on the Diseases and Customsof the Inhabitants; and some Mistakes concerning the Women corrected.
BOOK II.From our Departure from the Society Isles, to our Return to and leavingthem the second Time.
CHAPTER I. Passage from Ulietea to the Friendly Islands, with an Accountof the Discovery of Hervey's Island, and the Incidents that happened atMiddleburg.