PART II. BOOK IV. CONTINUED.

CHAP.

XII.(Continued.)

Voyage round the World, by Captain George Shelvocke, in 1719-1722, [1]

SECT.

V. Voyage from California to Canton in China, [1]

VI. Residence in China, and Voyage thence to

England, [11]

VII. Supplement to the foregoing Voyage, [17]

VIII. Appendix to Shelvocke's Voyage round the

World. Containing Observations on the

Country and Inhabitants of Peru, by Captain

Betagh, [20]

Introduction, [20]

§ 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury

by the Spaniards, [21]

§ 2. Observations made by Betagh in the

North of Peru, [23]

§ 3. Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account

of the English Prisoners at that

Place, [27]

§ 4. Description of Lima, and some Account

of the Government of Peru, [30]

§ 5. Some Account of the Mines of Peru and

Chili, [37]

§ 6. Observations on the Trade of Chili, [47]

§ 7. Some Account of the French Interlopers

in Chili, [55]

§ 8. Return of Betagh to England, [62]

XIII. Voyage round the World, by Commodore Roggewein, in 1721-1723 [65]

Introduction [65]

SECT.

I. Narrative of the Voyage from Holland to the Coast of Brazil, [71]

II. Arrival in Brazil, with some Account of that Country, [75]

III. Incidents during the Voyage from Brazil to Juan Fernandez, with a

Description of that Island, [82]

IV. Continuation of the Voyage from Juan Fernandez till the Shipwreck of

the African Galley, [90]

V. Continuation of the Voyage after the Loss of the African, to the

Arrival of Roggewein at New Britain, [98]

VI. Description of New Britain, and farther Continuation of the Voyage

till the Arrival of Roggewein at Java, [107]

VII. Occurrences from their Arrival at the Island of Java, to the

Confiscation of the Ships at Batavia, [118]

VIII. Description of Batavia and the Island of Java, with some Account

of the Government of the Dutch East-India Company's Affairs, [123]

IX. Description of Ceylon, [138]

X. Some Account of the Governments of Amboina, Banda, Macasser, the

Moluccas, Mallacca, and the Cape of Good Hope, [143]

XI. Account of the Directories of Coromandel, Surat, Bengal, and

Persia, [155]

XII. Account of the Commanderies of Malabar, Gallo, Java, and

Bantam, [159]

XIII. Some Account of the Residences of Cheribon, Siam, and Mockha, [170]

XIV. Of the Trade of the Dutch in Borneo and China, [174]

XV. Of the Dutch Trade with Japan, [177]

XVI. Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, [182]

XVII. Voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Holland, with some Account of

St Helena, the Island of Ascension, and the Açores, [192]

XIV. Voyage round the World, by Captain George Anson, in the Years

1740-1744, [201]

Preface, [201]

Introduction, [212]

SECT.

I. Of the Equipment of the Squadron, and the Incidents relating to it,

from its first Appointment to its setting Sail from St Helens, [222]

II. The Passage from St Helens to the Island of Madeira, with a short

Account of that Island, and of our Stay there, [232]

III. History of the Spanish Squadron commanded by Don Joseph

Pizarro, [236]

IV. Passage from Madeira to St Catharines, [247]

V. Proceedings at St Catharines, and a Description of that Place, with

a short Account of Brazil, [253]

VI. The Run from St Catharines to Port St Julian; with some Account of

the Port, and of the Country to the South of the Rio Plata, [266]

VII. Departure from the Bay of St Julian, and Passage from thence to

the Straits of Le Maire, [276]

VIII. Course from the Straits of Le Maire to Cape Noir, [281]

IX. Observations and Directions for facilitating the Passage of future

Navigators round Cape Horn, [288]

X. Course from Cape Noir to the Island of Juan Fernandez, [299]

XI. Arrival of the Centurion at Juan Fernandez, with a Description of

that Island, [307]

XII. Separate Arrivals of the Gloucester, and Anna Pink, at Juan

Fernandez, and Transactions at that Island during the

Interval, [321]

XIII. Short Account of what befell the Anna Pink before she rejoined;

with an Account of the Loss of the Wager, and the putting back of

the Severn and Pearl, [330]

XIV. Conclusion of Proceedings at Juan Fernandez, from the Arrival of

the Anna Pink, to our final Departure from thence, [345]

XV. Our Cruise, from leaving Juan Fernandez, to the taking of

Payta, [356]

XVI. Capture of Payta, and Proceedings at that Place, [373]

XVII. Occurrences from our Departure from Payta to our Arrival

at Quibo, [386]

XVIII. Our Proceedings at Quibo, with an Account of the Place, [393]

XIX. From Quibo to the Coast of Mexico, [398]

XX. An Account of the Commerce carried on between the City of Manilla on

the Island of Luconia, and the Port of Acapulco on the Coast of

Mexico, [405]

XXI. Our Cruise off the Port of Acapulco for the Manilla Ship, [412]

XXII. A short Account of Chequetan, and of the adjacent Coast and

Country, [418]

XXIII. Account of Proceedings at Chequetan and on the adjacent Coast,

till our setting sail for Asia, [425]

XXIV. The Run from the Coast of Mexico to the Ladrones or Marian

Islands, [433]

XXV. Our Arrival at Tinian, and an Account of the Island, and of our

Proceedings there, till the Centurion drove out to Sea, [442]

XXVI. Transactions at Tinian after the Departure of the Centurion, [449]

XXVII. Account of the Proceedings on board the Centurion when driven out

to Sea, [457]

XXVIII. Of our Employment at Tinian, till the final Departure of the

Centurion, and of the Voyage to Macao, [460]

XXIX. Proceeding at Macao, [471]

XXX. From Macao to Cape Espiritu Santo: The taking of the Manilla

Galleon, and returning back again, [489]

XXXI. Transactions in the River of Canton, [501]

XXXII. Proceedings at the City of Canton, and the Return of the

Centurion to England, [514]

[Transcriber's note: Some of the footnotes have been renumbered to maintain consistency throughout the book.]

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