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John Hawkesworth
(1715?-1773)
account of the voyages undertaken … for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…
London:
W. Strahan and T. Cadell,
1773.
Vol. II
Gift of the Burndy Library
When Captain Samuel Wallis of the Swallow returned to England in 1768 and told everyone about the island of Tahiti, many agreed that it would be the best place to see the 1769 transit.
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John Hawkesworth
(1715?-1773)
account of the voyages undertaken … for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…
London:
W. Strahan and T. Cadell,
1773.
Vol. II
Gift of the Burndy Library
Tahitian vessel from John Hawkesworth’s An Account of the voyages…, vol. II, 1773
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John Hawkesworth
(1715?-1773)
account of the voyages undertaken … for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…
London:
W. Strahan and T. Cadell,
1773.
Vol. II
Gift of the Burndy Library
H.M.S. Swallow in Tahiti.
When Captain Samuel Wallis of the Swallow returned to England in 1768 and told everyone about the island of Tahiti, many agreed that it would be the best place to see the 1769 transit.
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John Hawkesworth
(1715?-1773)
account of the voyages undertaken … for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…
London:
W. Strahan and T. Cadell,
1773.
Vol. II
Gift of the Burndy Library
Hawkesworth’s well-known accounts of Cook’s voyages helped publicize a new era of exploration. This account of the first voyage includes a map of Tahiti (or “Otaheite”). At the top of the main island, you can see “Point Venus,” where Cook and Green observed the 1769 transit of Venus.
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John Hawkesworth
(1715?-1773)
account of the voyages undertaken … for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…
London:
W. Strahan and T. Cadell,
1773.
Vol. II
Gift of the Burndy Library
Hawkesworth’s well-known accounts of Cook’s voyages helped publicize a new era of exploration. This account of the first voyage includes a map of Tahiti (or “Otaheite”). At the top of the main island, you can see “Point Venus,” where Cook and Green observed the 1769 transit of Venus.
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