A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 / Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the / Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea / and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
General Voyages and Travels of Discovery, &c.
An Account of the Voyages undertaken by order of his Majesty, George III, for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere; and successively performed, by Commodore Byron, Captains Wallis and Carteret, and Lieutenant Cook.
General Introduction.
An Account of Commodore Byron's Voyage, in 1764, 5, and 6 in His Majesty's ship the Dolphin.
SECTION I. The Passage from the Downs to Rio de Janeiro.
SECTION II. Passage from Rio de Janeiro to Port Desire; with some Description of that Place.
SECTION III. Course from Port Desire, in search of Pepy's Island, and afterwards to the Coast of Patagonia, with a Description of the Inhabitants.
SECTION IV. Passage up the Streight of Magellan, to Port Famine; with some Account of that Harbour, and the adjacent Coast.
SECTION V. The Course back from Port Famine to Falkland's Islands, with some Account of the Country.
SECTION VI. The Passage through the Strait of Magellan as far as Cape Monday, with a Description of several Bays and Harbours, formed by the Coast on each Side.
SECTION VII. The Passage from Cape Monday, in the Strait of Magellan, into the South Seas; with some general Remarks on the Navigation of that Strait.
SECTION VIII. The Run from the Western Entrance of the Strait of Magellan to the Islands of Disappointment.