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Author Robertson, George (Master of HMS Dolphin)

Title The discovery of Tahiti : a journal of the second voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin round the world, under the command of Captain Wallis, R.N., in the years 1766, 1767 and 1768 / written by her master ; edited by Hugh Carrington
Published London : Hakluyt Society, 1948

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Description 1 online resource (li, 291 pages) : plates, portrait, maps (1)
Series Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. Second series ; no. XCVIII
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society. 2nd ser. ; no. 98
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; PLATES; PLATES; MAPS; MAPS; FOREWORD; EDITOR'S PREFACE; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE ORIGIN AND PREPARATION OF THE VOYAGE; 2. COURSE AND RESULTS OF THE VOYAGE; 3. THE DOLPHIN AND HER CREW; II. A FRIGATE, SIXTH-RATE, 1757; III. TOBIAS FURNEAUX, SECOND LIEUTENANT OF THE DOLPHIN; 4. GEORGE ROBERTSON AND HIS JOURNAL; THE JOURNAL; I. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; IV. A REPRESENTATION OF THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN COMMODORE BYRON AND THE PATAGONIANS; II. THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN; B. PART OF MAGELLAN STRAITS SHOWING ROBERTSON'S BOAT VOYAGE, JANUARY 1767
C. part of magellan straits illustrating the dolphin's passage from january to april 1767iii. crossing the pacific; d. track of the dolphin amongst the tuamotu archipelago, june 1767; iv. tahiti discovered; v. a plan of king george's island or otaheite, by james cook; vi. a plan of royal or matavie bay in george's island, by james cook; v. towards 'old england'; appendices; a. the anchors; b. the rigging; c. dr knight's compass; d. anson's voyage; e. the falkland islands, byron and bougainville; f. carteret and h.m.s. swallow; g. davis land; h. the polynesian islands
I. the introduction of venereal disease into tahitiindex; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; i. a view of port royal bay at george's island; a. the tracks of byron, anson and wallis in the pacific ocean
Bibliography Includes "Select bibliography" (p. xv-xvii) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Dolphin (Frigate)
SUBJECT Dolphin (Frigate) fast
Subject Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800
TRAVEL -- Essays & Travelogues.
Discoveries in geography
Voyages around the world
Entdeckung
Geschichte 1766-1768.
SUBJECT Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800
Îles du Vent (French Polynesia) -- Discovery and exploration
Subject French Polynesia -- Îles du Vent
French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island)
Tahiti
Tahiti (Polynésie française ; île) -- Découverte et exploration -- 18e siècle.
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
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