Excerpt from An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, Vol. 2 of 3: And Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour Upon his leaving the univerfity of Oxford, in the year 176 3, he croh'ed the Atlantic, and vifited the coafis of New foundland and Labradore. The danger, difficulty, and in convenience that attend long voyages are very different in idea and experience; Mr. Banks however returned, undifcouraged, from his firf't expedition; and when he found that the Endeavour was equipping for a voyage to the South Seas, in order 'to ob'ferve the Tranfit of Venus, and afterwards attempt farther difcoveries; he determined to embark in the expedition, that he might enrich his na tive country with a tribute of knowlege from thofe which have been hitherto unknown, and nor without hope of leaving among the rude and uncultivated nations that he might difcover, fomething that would render life of more. Value, and enrich them perhaps in a certain degree with. The knowlege, or at Ieai'c with} the produ 'tions, of: Europe.. As he was determined to fpare no expence in the exe eution Of his Plan, he engaged Dr. Solander to. Accompany. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
