A Voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, etc.

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A Voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, etc. (1798)
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4491344A Voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, etc.1798James Colnett

A
VOYAGE
TO THE
SOUTH ATLANTIC
AND ROUND
CAPE HORN
INTO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE
SPERMACETI WHALE FISHERIES,
AND OTHER OBJECTS OF COMMERCE,
BY ASCERTAINING
THE PORTS, BAYS, HARBOURS, AND ANCHORING BIRTHS,
IN CERTAIN ISLANDS AND COASTS IN THOSE SEAS
AT WHICH THE SHIPS OF THE BRITISH MERCHANTS MIGHT BE REFITTED.

UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED
BY CAPTAIN JAMES COLNETT,
OF THE ROYAL NAVY, IN THE SHIP RATTLER.

LONDON
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR,
BY W. BENNETT, MARSHAM STREET, WESTMINST£R.
SOLD BY A. ARROWSMITH, CHARLES STREET, SOHO; STOCKDALE,
PICCADILLY; EDGERTON, CHARING CROSS; ELMSLY,
STRAND; AND WHITE, FLEET STREET.

1798.

Painted by W. Beechey R. A. Painter to Her Majesty. Published as the Act directs 5^th April 1798 by Capⁿ James Colnett RN. Engraved by J. Collyer A. R. A. Engraver to Her Majesty.

Sir Philip Stephens, Bar^t. M. P.

CONTENTS.

Page.
Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		iii to vi
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		i - xviii
CHAPTER I.
Passage of the Rattler from England to Rio Janeiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1 - 07
CHAPTER II.
Attempt to discover Isle Grand; and Passage Round Cape Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		8 - 18
CHAPTER III.
Remarks on the Navigation round Cape Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		19 - 20
CHAPTER IV.
Route from Cape Horn to making the Coast of Chili, and the Isles St. Felix and St. Ambrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		21 - 37
CHAPTER V.
Route of the Rattler from the Isles Saint Felix and Saint Ambrose, to the Coast of Peru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		38 - 46
CHAPTER VI.
The Galapagos Isles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		47 - 61
CHAPTER VII.
Passage from the Galapagos Isles, to Isle Cocas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		62 - 74
CHAPTER VIII.
Route from Isle Cocas, to the Coast of Mexico; and Isles Santo Berto, and Rocka Partido, from thence to the Coast of California, and account of our cruize in the Gulf of California, with our return to Socoro after searching for Isle St. Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		75 - 121
CHAPTER IX.
The Rattler quits the Isle of Socoro for the Coast of Mexico: some account of our transactions there, and while we lay at anchor before the Island of Quibo, in the Gulf of Panama, to our arrival at the Isles of the Galapagoes, on and near the Equator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		122 - 160
CHAPTER X.
The Rattler leaves the Galapagoe Isles and Coast of Peru, for the Isles Saint Felix and Saint Ambrose, on the Coast of Chili: from thence she rounds Cape Horn, on her Passage to Isle Saint Helena, in the Atlantic Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		161 - 176
CHAPTER XI.
From Isle Saint Helena to England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		177 - 179
Maps.

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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