A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13Kerr, Robert
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
Kerr, Robert
Voyages and travels
The Range from Botany Bay; with a farther Account of the Country, and
its Inhabitants and Productions.
XXX.
Dangerous Situation of the Ship in her Course from Trinity Bay to
Endeavour River.
XXXI.
Transactions while the Ship was refitting in Endeavour River: A
Description of the adjacent Country, its Inhabitants and Productions.
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.
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.
XXXIV.
The Passage from New South Wales to New Guinea, with an Account of what
happened upon landing there.
XXXV.
The Passage from New Guinea to the Island of Semau, and the Transactions
there.
XXXVI.
A particular Description of the Island of Savu, its Produce, and
Inhabitants, with a Specimen of their Language.
XXXVII.
The Run from the Island of Savu to Batavia, and an Account of the
Transactions there while the Ship was refitting.
XXVIII.
Some Account of Batavia, and the adjacent Country; with the Fruits,
flowers, and other Productions.
XXXIX.
Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia, and the adjacent Country,
their Manners, Customs, and Manner of Life.
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.
A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.
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PART III--BOOK I.
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CHAP, IV.
SECTION XVII.
_A particular Description of the Island of Otaheite; its Produce and
Inhabitants; their Dress, Habitations, Food, Domestic Life and
Amusements._
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