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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAP. I PROGRESS OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE
- CHAP. II VOYAGES OF BYRON, WALLIS, CARTERET, ETC
- CHAP. III COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE
- CHAP. IV COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE
- CHAP. V COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE
- CHAP. VI COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE CONTINUED
- CHAP. VII VOYAGE OF LA PEROUSE, ETC
- CHAP. VIII EUROPEANS IN THE SOUTH SEA
- CHAP. IX THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA
- CHAP. X INTERIOR OF NEW HOLLAND
- CHAP. XI VANCOUVER'S VOYAGE
- CHAP. XII INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA
- CHAP. XIII ROSS AND PARRY
- CHAP. XIV PARRY'S VOYAGES
- CHAP. XV JOURNEY OF CAPTAIN FRANKLIN
- CHAP. XVI SECOND JOURNEY OF CAPTAIN FRANKLIN
- CHAP. XVII HUMBOLDT'S TRAVELS
- CHAP. XVIII HUMBOLDT'S TRAVELS CONTINUED
- CHAP. XIX SOUTHERN EXTREMITY OF AMERICA
- CHAP. XX EASTERN SHORES OF ASIA
- CHAP. XXI TRAVELS IN THE HIMALYEH
- CHAP. XXII BRUCE'S TRAVELS
- CHAP. XXIII PARK'S TRAVELS
- CHAP. XXIV DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON'S TRAVELS
- INDEX
CHAP. VIII - EUROPEANS IN THE SOUTH SEA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAP. I PROGRESS OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE
- CHAP. II VOYAGES OF BYRON, WALLIS, CARTERET, ETC
- CHAP. III COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE
- CHAP. IV COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE
- CHAP. V COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE
- CHAP. VI COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE CONTINUED
- CHAP. VII VOYAGE OF LA PEROUSE, ETC
- CHAP. VIII EUROPEANS IN THE SOUTH SEA
- CHAP. IX THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA
- CHAP. X INTERIOR OF NEW HOLLAND
- CHAP. XI VANCOUVER'S VOYAGE
- CHAP. XII INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA
- CHAP. XIII ROSS AND PARRY
- CHAP. XIV PARRY'S VOYAGES
- CHAP. XV JOURNEY OF CAPTAIN FRANKLIN
- CHAP. XVI SECOND JOURNEY OF CAPTAIN FRANKLIN
- CHAP. XVII HUMBOLDT'S TRAVELS
- CHAP. XVIII HUMBOLDT'S TRAVELS CONTINUED
- CHAP. XIX SOUTHERN EXTREMITY OF AMERICA
- CHAP. XX EASTERN SHORES OF ASIA
- CHAP. XXI TRAVELS IN THE HIMALYEH
- CHAP. XXII BRUCE'S TRAVELS
- CHAP. XXIII PARK'S TRAVELS
- CHAP. XXIV DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON'S TRAVELS
- INDEX
Summary
Though Cook was not the first navigator who visited the South Sea, yet, by the combined merit of his discoveries, and of his skill in preserving the health of his crew in long voyages, he may be said to have been the first who traced a permanent path across the great ocean, and laid it completely open to the enterprise of Europeans. The fur trade on the north-west coast of America, to which he guided the hardy enterprise of British merchants; the colony in New South Wales, which also originated in his discoveries; and the success with which he wintered and provisioned his ships among the numerous islands of the great ocean; were all so many causes which led to a frequent and active intercourse between Europeans and the islanders of the South Sea. The fur trade started up with vigour immediately on the return of his ships from the last expedition; but the active tide of commerce originating in this impulse ran at first to the northward of the line, so as to embrace only the Sandwich Islands in its scope.
It was not till eleven years had elapsed after Cook's last visit to Otaheite, that a European ship again touched at that island. In 1788, the Penrhyn, commanded by lieutenant Watts, on her voyage from Port Jackson to China, being in great want of water and provisions, ran far to the east and made the island of Otaheite.
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- The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery , pp. 112 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1831