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

by Robert Kerr

At five o'clock in the morning of Sunday the 24th, we saw the peak of the island of Pico bearing N.N.E. at the distance of about eighteen leagues. We found, by observation, that Fyal lies in latitude 38° 20' N., longitude 28° 30' W. from London.

No incident worth recording happened till about noon on the 11th of May, when, being in latitude 48° 44' N., longitude 7° 16' W. we saw a ship in chace of a sloop, at which she fired several guns. We bore away, and at three, fired a gun at the chace, and brought her to; the ship to windward, being near the chace, immediately sent a boat on board her, and soon after, Captain Hammond, of his majesty's sloop the Savage, came on board of me, and told me, that the vessel he had chaced, when he first saw her, was in company with an Irish wherry, and that as soon as they discovered him to be a man of war, they took different ways; the wherry hauled the wind, and the other vessel bore away. That he at first hauled the wind, and stood after the wherry, but finding that he gained no ground, he bore away after the other vessel, which probably would also have escaped, if I had not stopped her, for that he gained very little ground in the chace. She appeared to be laden with tea, brandy, and other goods, from Roscoe in France; and though she was steering a south-west course, pretended to be bound to Bergen in Norway. She belonged to Liverpool, was called the Jenny, and commanded by one Robert Christian. Her brandy and tea were in small kegs and bags; and all appearances being strongly against her, I detained her, in order to be sent to England.

At half an hour after five, on the 13th, we saw the islands of Scilly; on the 19th, I landed at Hastings in Sussex; and at four the next morning, the ship anchored safely in the Downs, it being just 637 days since her weighing anchor in Plymouth Sound. To this narrative, I have only to add, that the object of the voyage being discovery, it was my constant practice, during the whole time of my navigating those parts of the sea which are not perfectly known, to lie-to every night, and make sail only in the day, that nothing might escape me.

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A Table of the Latitudes and the Longitudes West of London, with the Variation of the Needle, at several Ports, and Situations at Sea, from Observations made on board his Majesty's Ship the Dolphin; and her Nautical Reckoning during the Voyage which she made round the World in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, under the Command of Captain Samuel Wallis.

Long.
Time Latitude Longitude observed by Vari
Names of Places. when. in. supposed. Dr Maskeline's -ation.
Method.
1766.
Lizard Aug. 22. 50 0 N. 5° 14' W. ------- 21° O' W.
Funchall R. Madeira Sept. 8. 32 35 N. 18 0 W. 16 40' W. 14 10 W.
Port Praja St Jaga Sept. 24. 14 53 N. 23 50 W. ---------- 8 20 W.
Port Desire Dec. 8. 47 56 S. 67 20 W. 66 24 W. 23 15 E.
Cape Virgin Mary Dec. 17. 52 24 S. 70 4 W. 69 6 W. 23 0 E.
1766.
Point Possessum Dec. 23. 54 30 S. 70 11 W. 69 50 W. 22 40 E.
Point Porpass Dec. 26. 53 8 S. 71 0 W. 71 30 W. 22 50 E.
Port Famine Dec. 27. 53 43 S. 71 0 W. 71 32 W. 22 30 E.
1767.
Cape Froward Jan. 19. 54 3 S. -------- -------- 22 40 E.
Cape Holland Jan. 20. 53 58 S. -------- -------- 22 40 E.
Cape Gallant Jan. 23. 53 50 S. -------- -------- 22 40 E.
York Road Feb. 4. 53 40 S. -------- -------- 22 30 E.
Cape Quod Feb. 17. 53 33 S. -------- -------- 32 35 E.
Cape Notch Mar. 4. 43 22 S. -------- -------- 23 0 E.
Cape Upright Mar. 18. 53 5 S. -------- -------- 22 40 E.
Cape Pillar April 11. 52 46 S. 76 0 W. -------- 13 0 E.
At Sea April 21. 12 30 S. 96 30 W. 95 46 W. 12 0 E.
At Sea May 4. 28 12 S. 99 0 W. 96 30 W. 6 0 E.
At Sea May 20. 21 0 S. 99 0 W. 106 47 W. 5 0 E.
At Sea May 23. 20 20 S. 116 54 W. 112 64 W. 5 0 E.
At Sea June 1. 10 38 S. 132 0 W. 127 45 W. 5 9 E.
At Sea June 3. 19 30 S. 132 30 W. 129 50 W. 5 40 E.
Whitsunday Island June 7. 19 26 S. 141 0 W. 137 56 W. 6 0 E.
Q. Charlottes's Isl. June 8. 19 18 S. 141 4 W. 138 4 W. 5 20 E.
Egmont Island June 11. 19 20 S. 141 27 W. 138 30 W. 6 0 E.
D. of Glouces. Isl. June 12. 19 11 S. 143 8 W. 140 6 W. 7 10 E.
D. of Cumtberl. Isl. June 13. 19 18 S. 143 44 W. 140 34 W. 7 0 E.
Pr. Wm. Henry's Isl. June 15. 19 0 S. 144 4 W. 141 6 W. 7 0 E.
Osnaburgh Island June 17. 17 51 S. 150 27 W. 147 30 W. 6 0 E.
K. Geo. } S.E. end June 19. 17 48 S. 151 30 W. 148 15 W. 6 0 E.
III's Isl.} N.W. end July 4. 17 30 S. 152 0 W. 150 0 W. 5 50 E.
D. of York's Island July 27. 17 28 S. 152 12 W. 150 16 W. 6 0 E.
Sir C. Saunders's IslJuly 28. 17 28 S. 153 2 W. 151 4 W. 6 30 E.
Lord Howe's Island July 30. 16 46 S. 156 38 W. 154 15 W. 7 40 E.
Solly Island July 31. 16 28 S. 157 22 W. 155 30 W. 8 0 E.
Boscawen's Island Aug. 13. 15 50 S. 177 20 W. 175 10 W. 9 0 E.
Aug. Keppel's Island Aug. 13. 15 53 S. 177 23 W. 175 13 W. 10 0 E.
Wallis's Island Aug. 17. 13 18 S. 180 0 W. 177 0 W. 10 0 E.
Piscadores } S. end Sept. 3. 1 0 N. 195 0 W. 192 30 W. 10 0 E.
Islands } N. end 11 20 N. 195 25 W. 193 0 W. 10 0 E.
Pinias Sept. 30. 14 58 N. 215 40 W. 214 10 W. 6 20 E.
At Sea Oct. 17. 16 10 N. 218 0 W. 216 25 W. 5 15 E.
Grafton's Island Oct. 29. 21 4 N. 241 0 W. 239 0 W. 1 3 W.
Pulo Aroe Nov. 15. 2 28 N. 258 0 W. 255 0 W. 1 0 W.
Lucipara Nov. 25. 4 10 S. 254 46 W. None.
Batavia Dec. 1. 6 8 S. 254 30 W. 2 25 W.
Prince's Island Dec. 16. 6 41 S. 256 0 W. 256 30 W. 3 0 W.
1768
At Sea Jan. 26. 34 24 S. 328 0 W. 323 30 W. 24 0 W.
At Sea Jan. 27. 34 14 S. 324 0 W. 323 13 W. 24 0 W.
Cape of Good Hope Feb. 11. 34 0 S 345 0 W. 342 0 W. 19 30W.
At Sea Mar. 15. 16 44 S. 3 0 W. 2 0 W. 13 0W.
At Sea Mar. 15. 16 36 S. 2 0 W. 2 5 W. 12 50W.
St Helena Mar. 19. 15 57 S. 5 49W. 5 40W. 12 47W.
Ascension Mar. 23. 7 28 S. 14 18W. 14 4W. 9 53W.
At Sea Mar. 24. 7 58 S. 14 30W. 14 38W. 10 0W.
At Sea April 8. 15 4 N. 30 0W. 34 30W. 4 48W.
At Sea April 11. 21 28 N. 36 0W. 36 37W. 4 30W.
At Sea April 21. 33 55 N. 32 0W. 33 0W. 11 34W.
At Sea April 23. 36 15 N. 30 0W. 29 31W. 14 30W.
At Sea May 10. 49 43 N. 6 0W. 7 52W. 22 30W.
At Sea May 11. 48 48 N. 7 30W. 8 19W. ----
St Agnus's Light-h. May 13. 19 58 N. 7 14W. 7 8W. 20 0W.

[CHAPTER III.]

AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, 1768, AND 1769, BY PHILIP CARTERET, ESQ. COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY'S SLOOP THE SWALLOW.

SECTION I.

The Run from Plymouth to Madeira, and from thence through the Streight of Magellan.