A General history and collection, vol.11, January 2005

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Author

Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813

Title

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 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

Credits

Produced by Robert Connal, Alison Hadwin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions.

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Voyages and travels

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15376

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15376

Release Date

March 16, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME.
3. 3.ROBERT KERR, F.R.S. & F.A.S. EDIN.
4. 4.VOL. XI. — WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH: — AND T. CADELL, LONDON. — MDCCCXXIV.
5. 5.VOL. XI
6. 6.PART II. BOOK IV. CONTINUED.
7. 7.CHAPTER XII
8. 8.IN 1719-1722. — SECTION V. — Voyage from California to Canton in China . — SECTION VI. — Residence in China, and Voyage thence to England. — SECTION VII. — Supplement to the foregoing Voyage. — SECTION VIII. — Appendix to Shelvocke's Voyage round the World. Containing Observations on the Country and Inhabitants of Peru, by Captain Betagh. 1 — INTRODUCTION. — § 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury by the Spaniards . — § 2. Observations made by Betagh in the North of Peru. — § 3. Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account of the English Prisoners at that place. — § 4. Description of Lima, and some Account of the Government of Peru. — § 5. Some Account of the Mines of Peru and Chili . — § 6. Observations on the Trade of Chili. — § 7. Some Account of the French Interlopers in Chili. — § 8. Return of Betagh to England. — Note.
9. 9.VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, BY COMMODORE ROGGEWEIN, is 1721-1723. 1 — INTRODUCTION. — SECTION I. — Narrative of the Voyage from Holland to the Coast of Brazil. 1 — SECTION II. — Arrival in Brazil, with some Account of that Country. — SECTION III. — Incidents during the Voyage from Brazil to Juan Fernandez, with a Description of that Island. — SECTION IV. — Continuation of the Voyage from Juan Fernandez till the Shipwreck of the African Galley. — SECTION V. — Continuation of the Voyage after the Loss of the African, to the Arrival of Roggewein at New Britain. — SECTION VI. — Description of New Britain, and farther Continuation of the Voyage till the Arrival of Roggewein at Java. — SECTION VII. — Occurrences from their Arrival at the Island of Java, to the Confiscation of the Ships at Batavia. — SECTION VIII. — Description of Batavia and the Island of Java, with some Account of the Government of the Dutch East India Company's Affairs. — SECTION IX. — Description of Ceylon. — SECTION X. — Some Account of the Governments of Amboina, Banda, Macasser, the Moluccas, Mallacca, and the Cape of Good Hope. — SECTION XI. — Account of the Directories of Coromandel, Surat, Bengal, and Persia. — SECTION XII. — Account of the Commanderies of Malabar, Gallo, Java, and Bantam. — SECTION XIII. — Some Account of the Residences of Cheribon, Siam, and Mockha. — SECTION XIV. — Of the Trade of the Dutch in Borneo and China. — SECTION XV. — Of the Dutch Trade with Japan. — SECTION XVI. — Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. — SECTION XVII. — Voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Holland, with some Account of St Helena, the Island of Ascension, and the Acores.
10. 10.THE YEARS 1740-1744. 1 — PREFACE. — INTRODUCTION. — SECTION I. — Of the Equipment of the Squadron, and the Incidents relating to it, from its first Appointment to its setting Sail from St Helens. — SECTION II. — The Passage from St Helens to the Island of Madeira, with a short Account of that Island, and of our Stay there. — SECTION III. — History of the Spanish Squadron commanded by Don Joseph Pizarro. — SECTION IV. — Passage from Madeira to St Catharines. — SECTION V. — Proceedings at St Catharines, and a Description of that Place, with a short Account of Brazil. — SECTION VI. — The Run from St Catharines to Port St Julian; with some Account of that Port, and of the Country to the South of the Rio Plata. — SECTION VII. — Departure from the Bay of St Julian, and Passage from thence to the Straits of Le Maire. — SECTION VIII. — Course from the Straits of Le Maire to Cape Noir. — SECTION IX. — Observations and Directions for facilitating the Passage of future Navigators round Cape Horn. — SECTION X. — Course from Cape Noir to the Island of Juan Fernandez. — SECTION XI. — Arrival of the Centurion at Juan Fernandez, with a Description of that Island. — SECTION XII. — Separate Arrivals of the Gloucester, and Anna Pink, at Juan Fernandez, and Transactions at that Island during the Interval. — SECTION 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. — SECTION XIV. — Conclusion of Proceedings at Juan Fernandez, from the Arrival of the Anna Pink, to our final Departure from thence. — SECTION XV. — Our Cruise, from leaving Juan Fernandez, to the taking of Payta. — SECTION XVI. — Capture of Payta, and Proceedings at that Place. — SECTION XVII. — Occurrences from our Departure from Payta to our Arrival at Quibo. — SECTION XVIII. — Our Proceedings at Quibo, with an Account of the Place. — SECTION XIX. — From Quibo to the Coast of Mexico. — SECTION XX. — An Account of the Commerce carried on between the City of Manilla on the Island of Luconia, and the Port of Acapulco in the Coast of Mexico. 1 — SECTION XXI. — Our Cruise off the Port of Acapulco for the Manilla Ship. — SECTION XXII. — A short Account of Chequetan, and of the adjacent Coast and Country. — SECTION XXIII. — Account of Proceedings at Chequetan and on the adjacent Coast, till our setting sail for Asia. — SECTION XXIV. — The Run from the Coast of Mexico to the Ladrones or Marian Islands. — SECTION XXV. — Our Arrival at Tinian, and an Account of the Island, and of our Proceedings there, till the Centurion drove out to Sea. — SECTION XXVI. — Transactions at Tinian after the Departure of the Centurion. — SECTION XXVII. — Account of the Proceedings on board the Centurion when driven out to Sea. — SECTION XXVIII. — Of our Employment at Tinian, till the final Departure of the Centurion, and of the Voyage to Macao. 1 — SECTION XXIX. — Proceedings at Macao. — SECTION XXX. — From Macao to Cape Espiritu Santo; the taking of the Manilla Galleon, and returning back again. — SECTION XXXI. — Transactions in the River of Canton. — SECTION XXXII. — Proceedings at the City of Canton, and the Return of the Centurion to England.

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