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RNYG.775.066
23 Nov 1775:34 (136)
This day is published, in two volumes . . . [7 lines of
description] The Late Voyage Round the World by Capt. Cook,
and lately published by order of the Lords of the Admiralty,
at The Guineas, which excessive price has engaged James
Rivington, proposing to the public, a complete edition of
that work, copied line after line from the London edition.
The contents of this interesting and entertaining voyage;
The passage from Plymouth to Madeira. . . , to Rio de
Janeiro to the entrance of the Streights of Le Maire. . . ,
round Cape Horn, to the newly discovered islands in the
South-Seas. . . The arrival of the Endeavour at Otaheite,
called King George the Third's Island. . . [4 lines of para.
1 and 24 lines of para. 2 describe navigation, manufactures,
language, disposal of the dead, religion, war, weapons,
government] a dramatic entertainment; and many particulars
relative to the manners and customs of the inhabitants.
The passage from Oteroah to New-Zealand;. . . [11 lines]
Of the canoes and navigation of the inhabitants of New-
Zealand, their tillage, weapons, music, government,
religion, and language; with some reasons against the
existence of a southern continent. . . [27 more lines
discuss passage from New South Wales to New-Guinea and other
islands.]
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