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3. A voyage to the Pacific ocean : undertaken by the command of His Majesty for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere to determine the position and extent of the West side of North America, its distance from Asia, and the practicability of a Northern passage to Europe performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery ; in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. In three volumes

4. A true and impartial journal of a voyage to the South-Seas, and round the globe, in His Majesty's ship the Centurion, under the command of Commodore George Anson. : Wherein all the material incidents during the said voyage, from its commencement in the year 1740 to its conclusion in 1744, are fully and faithfully related, having been committed to paper at the time they happen'd. Together with some historical accounts of Chili, Peru, Mexico, and the empire of China, exact descriptions of such places of note as were touch'd at, and variety of occasional remarks. : To which is added, a large and general table of longitudes and latitudes, ascertain'd from accurate observations, or (where those are wanting) from the best printed books and manuscripts taken from the Spaniards in this expedition : also the variations of the compass throughout the voyage, and the soundings and depth of water along the different coasts : and lastly, several curious observations on a comet seen in the South-seas on the coast of Mexico.