TAILIEUCHUNG - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13

We found the longitude of Port Royal bay, in this island, as settled by Captain Wallis, who discovered it on the 9th of June, 1767, to be within half a degree of the truth. We found Point Venus, the northern extremity of the island, and the eastern point of the bay, to lie in the longitude of 149°13', this being the mean result of a great number of observations made upon the spot. The island is surrounded by a reef of coral rock, which forms several excellent bays and harbours, some of which have been particularly described, where there is room and depth of water. | A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels 1 PART I PART III--BOOK I. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels The Project Gutenberg EBook of A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels Vol. 13 by Robert Kerr This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels Vol. 13 Author Robert Kerr Release Date December 25 2004 EBook 14464 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VOYAGES AND TRAVELS 13 Produced by Robert Connal Graeme Mackreth and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions A GENERAL HISTORY AND COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. PART I. 2 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 . . EDIN. ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS AND CHARTS. VOL. XIII. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD EDINBURGH AND T. CADELL LONDON. MDCCCXXIV. CONTENTS OF VOL. XIII. PART I. CHAP. IV. SECT. XVII. A particular Description of the Island of Otaheite its Produce and Inhabitants their Dress Habitation Food Domestic Life and Amusements. SECT. XVIII. Of the Manufactures Boats and Navigation of Otaheite. XIX. Of the Division of Time at Otaheite Numeration Computation of Distance Language Diseases Disposal of the Dead Religion War Weapons and Government with some general Observations for the Use of future Navigators. XX. Description of the several Islands in the Neighbourhood of Otaheite with various Incidents a Dramatic Entertainment and many Particulars relative to the

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