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.]