A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels
By Robert Kerr
VOLUME: I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV | XVI | XVII | XVIII
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIII.
PART III.
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.
CHAPTER IV.
Section XVII. A particular
Description of the Island of Otaheite; its Produce and
Inhabitants; their Dress, Habitation, Food, Domestic Life and
Amusements.
Section XVIII. Of the
Manufactures, Boats, and Navigation of Otaheite.
Section XIX. Of the Division of
Time at Otaheite; Numeration, Computation of Distance, Language,
Diseases, Disposal of the Dead, Religion, War, Weapons, and
Government; with some general Observations for the Use of future
Navigators.
Section XX. Description of the
several Islands in the Neighbourhood of Otaheite, with various
Incidents; a Dramatic Entertainment; and many Particulars
relative to the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants.
Section XXI. The Passage from
Oteroah to New Zealand; Incidents which happened in going ashore
there, and while the Ship lay in Poverty Bay.
Section XXII. A Description of
Poverty Bay, and the Face of the adjacent Country. The Range from
thence to Cape Turnagain, and back to Tolaga, with some Account
of the People and the Country and several Incidents that happened
on that Part of the Coast.
Section XXIII. The Range from
Tolaga to Mercury Bay, with an Account of many Incidents that
happened both on board and ashore: A Description of several Views
exhibited by the Country, and of the Hippahs, or fortified
Villages of the Inhabitants.
Section XXIV. The Range from
Mercury Bay to the Bay of Islands: An Expedition up the River
Thames: Some Account of the Indians who inhabit its Banks, and
the fine Timber that grows there: Several Interviews with the
Natives on different Parts of the Coast, and a Skirmish with them
upon an Island.
Section XXV. Range from the Bay of
Islands round North Cape to Queen Charlotte's Island; and a
Description of that Part of the Coast.
Section XXVI. Transactions in
Queen Charlotte's Sound; Passage through the Streight which
divides the two Islands, and back to Cape Turnagain: Horrid
Custom of the Inhabitants: Remarkable Melody of Birds: A Visit to
a Hippah, and many other Particulars.
Section XXVII. Range from Cape
Turnagain along the eastern Coast of Poenammoo, round Cape South,
and back to the Entrance of Cook's Streight, which completed the
Circumnavigation of the Country; with a Description of the Coast,
and of Admiralty Bay: The Departure from New Zealand, and various
Particulars.
Section XXVIII. The Run from New
Zealand to Botany Bay, on the East Coast of New Holland, now
called New South Wales; various Incidents that happened there;
with some Account of the Country end its Inhabitants.
Section XXIX. The Range from
Botany Bay; with a farther Account of the Country, and its
Inhabitants and Productions.
Section XXX. Dangerous Situation
of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Bay to Endeavour
River.
Section XXXI. Transactions while
the Ship was refitting in Endeavour River: A Description of the
adjacent Country, its Inhabitants and Productions.
Section XXXII. Departure from
Endeavour River; a particular Description of the Harbour there,
in which the Ship was refitted, the adjacent Country, and several
Islands near the Coast; the Range from Endeavour River to the
Northern Extremity of the Country, and the Dangers of that
Navigation.
Section XXXIII. Departure from
New South Wales; a particular Description of the Country, its
Products, and People: A Specimen of the Language, and some
Observations on the Currents and Tides.
Section XXXIV. The Passage from
New South Wales to New Guinea, with an Account of what happened
upon landing there.
Section XXXV. The Passage from
New Guinea to the Island of Semau, and the Transactions
there.
Section XXXVI. A particular
Description of the Island of Savu, its Produce, and Inhabitants,
with a Specimen of their Language.
Section XXXVII. The Run from the
Island of Savu to Batavia, and an Account of the Transactions
there while the Ship was refitting.
Section XXVIII. Some Account of
Batavia, and the adjacent Country; with the Fruits, flowers, and
other Productions.
Section XXXIX. Some Account of
the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent Country, their
Manners, Customs, and Manner of Life.
Section XL. The Passage from
Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope, Some Account of Prince's Island
and its Inhabitants. Our Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope. Some
Remarks on the Run from Java Head to that Place, and to Saint
Helena. The Return of the Ship to England.
Appendix. An Abstract of the Voyage round the World, performed by Lewis de Bougainville, Colonel of Foot, and Commander of the Expedition, in the Frigate La Boudeuse, and the Storeship L'Etoile, in the Years 1766-7-8, and 9, drawn up expressly for this Work.