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A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen’s Land.

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THE
 
THREE
 
VOYAGES
 
OF
 
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
 
ROUND THE WORLD.
 
COMPLETE
 
In Seven Volumes.
 
WITH MAP AND OTHER PLATES.
 
VOL. V.
 
BEING THE FIRST OF THE THIRD VOYAGE.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1821.
iiLondon:
Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,
New-Street-Square.
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CONTENTS
 
OF
 
THE FIFTH VOLUME.

THIRD VOYAGE.
 
Introduction to the Third VoyagePage 3
 
Inscription to the Memory of Captain James Cook.85
 
 
BOOK I.
 
Transactions from the Beginning of the Voyage till our Departure from New Zealand.
 
CHAP. I.
 
Various Preparations for the Voyage.—Omai’s Behaviour on embarking.—Observations for determining the Longitude of Sheerness and the North Foreland.—Passage of the Resolution from Deptford to Plymouth.—Employments there.—Complements of the Crews of both Ships, and Names of the Officers.—Observations to fix the Longitude of Plymouth.—Departure of the Resolution89
 
CHAP. II.
 
Passage of the Resolution to Teneriffe.—Reception there.—Description of Santa Cruz Road.—Refreshments to be met with.—Observations for fixing the Longitude of Teneriffe.—Some Account of the Island.—Botanical Observations.—Cities of Santa Cruz and Laguna.—Agriculture.—Air and Climate.—Commerce.—Inhabitants101
 
CHAP. III.
 
ivDeparture from Teneriffe.—Danger of the Ship near Bonavista.—Isle of Mayo.—Port Praya.—Precautions against the Rain and sultry Weather in the Neighbourhood of the Equator.—Position of the Coast of Brazil.—Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope.—Transactions there.—Junction of the Discovery.—Mr. Anderson’s Journey up the Country.—Astronomical Observations.—Nautical Remarks on the Passage from England to the Cape, with regard to the Currents and the Variation115
 
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