A
VOYAGE
ROUND THE
WORLD.
BOOK I.
CHAP.I.
Departure—Passage from Plymouth to Madeira—Description of that Island.
Ubi animus ex multis miseriis atque periculis requievit,—fatui res gestas—perseribere; tamen (hoc) imprimis arduum videtur,—quia plerique, quæ delicta reprehenderis, malivolentia et invidia putant; ubi de magna virtute et gloria honorum memores, quæ fibi quisque facilia factu putat, æquo animo accipit; supra ea, veluti ficta, pro falsis ducit. Sallust.
1772. June.Thursday 11.A voyage to explore the high southern latitudes of our globe was resolved upon, soon after the return of the Endeavour in 1771. Two stout vessels, the Resolution and the Adventure, were fitted as King's sloops for that purpose, and the command of them given to Capt. James Cook and Capt. Tobias Furneaux. On the 11th of June, 1772, my father and myself were appointed to embark in this expedition, in order to collect, describe, and draw
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