Project Gutenberg 2005-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 104 Kerr, Robert 1755 1813 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 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 Reading ease score: 65.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Robert Connal, Graeme Mackreth and the 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 — Volume 15" by Robert Kerr is a historical account written in the early 19th century, focusing on the extensive documentation of exploratory voyages. In this volume, the text revolves around the detailed accounts of Captain James Cook's voyages, specifically concerning his expeditions towards the South Pole, highlighting significant discoveries and navigational challenges faced during the journeys. At the start of the volume, readers are introduced to the meticulously chronicled narrative detailing Cook's continued explorations after leaving New Zealand. The passage describes the departure from Christmas Sound and the subsequent navigation around treacherous geographical features like Cape Horn and Staten Land. This opening segment paints vivid scenes of the environment encountered, including descriptions of islands, the diversity of local wildlife, and interactions with native peoples. Additionally, it introduces key observations about the landscape, weather conditions, and navigational strategies, setting the tone for an informative account of maritime exploration and adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Voyages and travels G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 1327335 1326991 2024-10-06T13:45:54.664549 2023-09-07T04:17:24.584822 text/html text/html 1324502 2020-12-19T03:46:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 465884 2020-12-19T03:46:25 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 569191 2024-10-06T13:46:10.251442 application/epub+zip 593832 2024-10-06T13:45:58.950499 application/epub+zip 559151 2024-10-06T13:45:57.432523 application/epub+zip 1075858 2024-10-06T13:46:18.482408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1081772 2024-10-06T13:46:09.270471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 848951 2022-09-07T17:24:11.778997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1306252 1306033 2024-10-06T13:45:53.168524 2023-09-07T04:17:23.366836 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1305579 2020-12-19T03:46:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 463271 2020-12-19T03:46:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1308024 2020-12-19T03:46:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 463001 2020-12-19T03:46:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21418 2024-10-06T13:46:18.612400 application/rdf+xml 25386 2024-10-06T13:45:58.013494 image/jpeg 4882 2024-10-06T13:45:57.723517 image/jpeg 565778 2024-10-06T13:45:54.771559 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia