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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. I. Being the First of the First Voyage.

Chapter 3: DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING THE PLATES.
By James Cook
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The account chronicles a sea expedition sent to observe an astronomical transit and the ensuing Pacific exploration, blending navigation and coastal surveys with natural‑history observation. It records landfalls on island societies where an observatory is established, botanical and zoological notes are made, and local ceremonies, funerary practices, trade, and occasional thefts and misunderstandings are described. Extended sections detail the circumnavigation and charting of New Zealand and the approach to the Australian coast, interweaving practical sailing directions, ethnographic description, and systematic scientific recording.

DIRECTIONS FOR PLACING
THE PLATES.

VOL. I.
 
Portrait to face the Title.
 
Map of the World Page 1
 
Island of Otaheite 84
 
Harbour of Oopoa 254
 
A fortified Town at Tolaga 331
 
A natural Arch, or perforated Rock 331
 
Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand 332
 
VOL. II.
 
Canoe of New Zealand to face the Title.
 
VOL. III.
 
Landing at Middleburgh, Friendly Isles to face the Title.
 
Boats of the Friendly Isles 222
 
Resolution Bay, in the Marquesas 299
 
The Fleet of Otaheite at Opárre 318
 
VOL. IV.
 
A View in the Island of Rotterdam to face the Title.
 
View in the Island of New Caledonia 98
 
Christmas Sound Terra del Fuego 178
 
VOL. V.
 
Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen’s Land to face the Title.
 
View at Anamooka 301
 
VOL. VI.
 
Canoe of the Sandwich Islands to face the Title.
 
A Morai, at Otaheite 31
 
View at Huaheine 85
 
A Morai in Atooi 185
 
Inland View in Atooi 206
 
Natives of Oonolashka 466
 
VOL. VII.
 
Summer and Winter Habitations at Kamtschatka to face the Title.
 
Karakakooa, Owyhee 3
 
Town and Harbour of St. Peter, Kamtschatka 168

THE WORLD,
on
Mercator’s Projection,
Shewing the Courses of
Captain Cook’s three Voyages.

AN
ACCOUNT
OF A
VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD,
IN THE YEARS 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771.
BY
LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK,
COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTY’S BARK THE ENDEAVOUR.
Drawn up from his Journal,
And from the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart
BY
Dr. HAWKESWORTH.