Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages and DiscoveriesReligious Tract Society, 1870 - 352 páginas |
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Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages and Discoveries William Henry Giles Kingston Vista previa limitada - 1890 |
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages and Discoveries William Henry Giles Kingston Vista de fragmentos - 1900 |
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages and Discoveries William Henry Giles Kingston Vista de fragmentos - 1900 |
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afterwards Aitutaki anchored appeared arms AURORAL LIGHTS Banks boat Bolabola bread-fruit brought called canoes Cape Captain Clerke Captain Cook Captain Furneaux carried chief Christian cloth coast cocoa-nuts commander Cook's coral crew discovered Discovery DOUBLE CANOE Endeavour England English expedition Feenou feet fired fish friendly hand harbour head hogs Huaheine Hugh Palliser hundred huts inhabitants island James Cook killed king land large number latitude leaving Lieutenant London Missionary Society Mangaia MARQUESAS MARQUESAS ISLANDER miles mission missionaries morning musket natives navigator officers Omai Otaheite Otoo Owhyhee Pacific paddled party plantains Polynesia present priests proceeded Raiatea received reef round sailed Sandwich savages seemed seen sent ship ship's shore shot side Society Islands Solander soon steered stood strangers supposed Table Bay Tahiti Tonga took trees Tupia TUTUILA Ulietea vessel visited visitors voyage weather wood Zealand ZEALAND IDOL
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Página 308 - The natives gave us all the assistance in their power from the time the ship struck to the present moment. The first day, while landing the things from the ship, they were put into the hands of the natives, and carried up to the Native Mission-house, a distance of half a mile ; and not a single article of clothing was taken from any man belonging to the ship, though they had it in their...
Página 16 - ... any of his arms, or working tools, or suffers them to be stolen, the full value thereof will be charged against his pay, according to the custom of the navy in such cases; and he shall receive such further punishment as the nature of the offence may deserve.
Página 270 - To this disappointment we owed our having it in our power to revisit the Sandwich Islands, and to enrich our voyage with a discovery which, though the last, seemed, in many respects, to be the most important that had hitherto been made by Europeans throughout the extent of the Pacific Ocean.
Página 217 - Rome decreed the civic crown to him who saved the life of a single citizen, what wreaths are due to that man, who, having himself saved many, perpetuates in your transactions the means by which Britain may now, on the most distant voyages, preserve numbers of her intrepid sons, her mariners ; who, braving every danger, have so liberally contributed to the fame, to the opulence, and to the maritime empire of their country."* * Sir John Pringle's Six Discourses, p.
Página 217 - For if Rome decreed the civic crown to him who saved the life of a single citizen...
Página 110 - April arrived at Otaheite, where I remained three months, during which time the observations on the transit were made. I then left it; discovered and visited the Society Isles and Oheteroa; thence proceeded to the south till I arrived in the latitude of 40° 22', longitude 147° 29' W; and, on the 6th of October, fell in with the east side of New Zealand.
Página 246 - While I was surveying this delightful prospect, I could not help flattering myself with the pleasing idea that some future navigator may, from the same station, behold these meadows stocked with cattle, brought to these islands by the ships of England ; and that the completion of this single benevolent purpose, independently of all other considerations, would sufficiently mark to posterity that our voyages had not been useless to the general interests of humanity.
Página 204 - In short, of all the nations I have seen, the Pecheras are the most wretched. They are doomed to live in one of the most inhospitable climates in the world, without having sagacity enough to provide themselves with such conveniences as may render life in some measure more comfortable.
Página 212 - ... about other matters, it is with real satisfaction, and without claiming any merit, but that of attention to my duty, that I can conclude this account with an observation, which facts enable me to make, that our having discovered the possibility of preserving health among a numerous ship's company, for such a length of time, in such varieties of climate, and amidst such continued hardships and fatigues, will make this voyage remarkable, in the opinion of every benevolent person, when the disputes...
Página 110 - I continued exploring the coast of this country till the 31st of March, 1770, when I quitted it, and proceeded to New Holland; and having surveyed the eastern coast of that vast country, which part had not before been visited, I passed between its northern extremity and New Guinea; landed on the latter; touched at the island of Savu, Batavia, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena * ; and arrived in England on the 12th of July, 1771.