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A philosophical discourse concerning the natural immortality of the soul. Wherein the Great Question of the Soul's Immortality is Endeavour'd to be Rightly Stated, and fully Clear'd. Occasion'd by Mr. Dodwell's late Epistolary discourse. In two parts. By John Norris, M. A. Rector of Bemerton.
Norris, John, 1657-1711.Date: 1708- Books
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A journal of a voyage to the South seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour. Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late expedition, ... round the world. Embellished with views and designs, ...
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.Date: 1773 [1777?]- Books
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A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour / Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late expedition, with Dr. Solander, round the world.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.Date: 1773- Books
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A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship the Endeavour: faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, Draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. in his Expedition with Dr. Solander round the World; and embellished with twenty-nine views and designs, engraved by Capital Artists. To which is now added, remarks on the preface, by the late John Fothergill, M. D. F. R. S. &c. And an appendix, Containing an Account of the Voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour. Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late Expedition, with Dr. Solander, round the World. Embellished with views and designs, delineated by the Author, and engraved by capital Artists.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.Date: M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]- Books
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A new voyage, round the world, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken by order of his present Majesty, performed by, Captain James Cook, in the ship Endeavour, drawn up from his own journal, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. F.R.S. And published by the special direction of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Admiralty. By John Hawkesworth, L.L.D. and late director of the East-India Company. In two volumes: with cutts [sic] and a map of the whole navigation. ...
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.Date: 1774- Books
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A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty's ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken in pursuit of natural knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: containing all the various occurrences of the Voyage, with descriptions of several new discovered countries in the Southern hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. To which is added, a concise vocabulary of the language of Otahitee.
Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty's ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken in pursuit of natural knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: Containing all the various occurrences of the Voyage, with descriptions of several new discovered countries in the Southern hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. To which is added, a concise vocabulary of the language of Otahitee.
Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart / By John Hawkesworth ... Illustrated with cuts and charts, relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.Date: 1785- Books
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A true account of the voyage of the Nottingham-Galley of London, John Dean commander, from the River Thames to New-England, Near which Place she was cast away on Boon-Island, December 11, 1710. by the Captain's Obstinacy, who endeavour'd to betray her to the French, or run her ashore; with an Account of the Falsehoods in the Captain's Narrative. And a faithful Relation of the Extremities the Company was reduc'd to for Twenty-Four Days on that desolate Rock, where they were forc'd to eat one of their Companions who died, but were at last wonderfully deliver'd. The whole attested upon oath, by Christopher Langman, Mate; Nicholas Mellen, Boatswain; and George White, Sailor in the said Ship.
Date: [1711]- Books
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A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavor Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughstman to Sir Joseph Banks, bart. in his expedition with Dr. Solander round the world ... To which is now added, remarks on the preface / by the late John Fothergill ... and an appendix, containing an account of the voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke.
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.Date: 1784- Books
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An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor, drawn up from the journals kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq / By John Hawkesworth ... ; illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered or hitherto but imperfectly known.
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.Date: 1773- Books
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A narrative of the shipwreck of the Antelope, a packet belonging to the Honourable East India Company, commanded by Captain Henry Wilson; which was lost in August 1783. on the Pelew Islands, Situated In The Western Part Of The Pacific Ocean, To which is added Captain Mccluer's voyage thither, In The Armed Snow Panther And Endeavour Sloop In The Year 1790, composed from the journals of the captains and officers, by George Keate, Esq: F. R. S. and S. A.
Keate, George, 1729-1797.Date: 1796- Books
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A voyage round the world, in His Majesty's frigate Pandora. Performed under the direction of Captain Edwards in the years 1790, 1791, and 1792. With the Discoveries made in the South-Sea; and the many Distresses experienced by the Crew from Shipwreck and Famine, in a Voyage of Eleven Hundred Miles in open Boats, between Endeavour Straits and the Island of Timor. By Mr George Hamilton, Late Surgeon Of The Pandora.
Hamilton, George, surgeon.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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A candid and accurate narrative of the operations used in endeavouring to raise His Majesty's ship Royal George, in the year 1783; With an Account of the Causes and Reasons which prevented the Success; and also, Copies of the Affidavits, Vouchers, Letters, Documents, and other Correspondence, relative to that unfortunate Transaction. By William Tracey.
Tracey, William, active 1785.Date: M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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A detection of the gross falsities which the separate traders to Africa endeavour to impose on the publick, by a printed paper, intituled, An account of the ships imployed in the African trade, &c.
Date: 1712?]- Books
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Remarks on some conjectures, relative to an antient piece of money endeavouring to prove it a coin of Richard, the First King of England of that name. Shewing the improbability of the notion therein advanced; that the arguments produced in support of it are inconclusive, or irrelative to the point in question. In which will be particularly and largely consider'd the standard and purity of our most antient English coins, the state of the mints, and the beginning or sterling, from the public records. To which will be added, an epistorlary dissertion on some supposed saxon gold coins read before the society of antiquaries: By Geo. North, A.M. Fellow of the society of antiquaries, London.
North, George, 1710-1772.Date: MDCCLII. [1752]- Books
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A New, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages, undertaken by order of His Present Majesty, for making new discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the southern and northern hemispheres, .... His first voyage-being professedly undertaken in His Majesty's ship the Endeavour, ... His second-in the Resolution and Adventure, ... His third and last-in the Resolution and Discovery, ... Comprehending, among the greatest variety of the most interesting transactions, a faithful account of all the particulars relative to the unfortunate death of Capt. Cook, with his life, &c. &c. ... To which will be added, complete and genuine narratives of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c. undertaken, performed, and written by English circum-navigators, &c. under the sanction of government, ... The whole comprehending a full account, from the earliest period to the present time, of whatever is curious, entertaining, and useful, both by sea and land, ... The whole of these voyages of Capt. James Cook, &c. being newly written by the editors from the authentic journals of several principal officers and other gentlemen of the most distinguished naval and philosophical abilities, who sailed in the various ships; and now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, Esq. assisted, very materially, by a principal officer who sailed in the Resolution sloop, and by many other gentlemen of the Royal Navy.
Date: [1786?]- Books
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A new, authentic, and complete edition of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages round the world: undertaken and performed by royal authority, for making new discoveries, &c. viz. His first voyage, undertaken and performed in His Majesty's ship the Endeavour, for observing the transit of Venus, and making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and round the world. His second-in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, for making discoveries towards the South Pole and round the world. His third and last-in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, to the Pacific Ocean, for making more recent discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, &c. and 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, &c. &c. Comprehending the life and death of Capt. Cook, Capt. Clerk, &c. Together with a narrative of Capt. Furneaux's proceedings, during the separation of the Adventure and Resolution, in which period several of his people were destroyed by the natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound. Including tables of the various languages of the South Sea islands, with the explanation in English, together with a list of the gentlemen, officers, and men who attended Capt. Cook in his expeditions round the world. In which are incorporated, the substance of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c. viz. those of Lord Byron, Capt. Wallis, Capt. Carteret, &c. Illustrated with near 200 copper-plate engravings, finely executed by the most eminent masters. An entire new edition, taken from the original journals as published in quarto by government, at a most extravagant price. The whole now revised, corrected, and improved, and published on reasonable terms, by Capt. John Hogg, late of the Royal Navy.
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773.Date: [1790?]- Books
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A compendious history of Captain Cook's first and second voyages. The first Performed in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, in the Endeavour; the second In 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, in the Resolution and Adventure. Including an abridgement of Capt. Furneaux's Narrative of his proceedings during the separation of the two ships.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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A philosophical dissertation on the diving vessel projected by Mr. Day, and sunk in Plymouth Sound; Containing, I. An Historical Account of Mr. Day, and the Scheme. II. The Construction of the Vessel. III. The Operation of the Sinking Experiment. IV. A Philosophical Investigation of the Failure of the Experiment. V. The Endeavours made use of in Weighing the Vessel. To which is added, an appendix, Shewing the Various Methods of Weighing Ships in general. The Whole illustrated with Two Copper Plates. By N. D. Falck, M.D.
Falck, N. D. (Nikolai Detlef), 1736-1783.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]- Books
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A new, authentic collection of Captain Cook's voyages round the World, undertaken by order of his present Majesty, for making new discoveries, &c. &c. His first. -Undertaken and performed in the Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771, for observing the Transit of Venus, and making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, &c. His second. - In the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, for making further Discoveries towards the South Pole, and round the World. His third and last. - In the Resolution and Discovery, to the Pacific Ocean, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, for making new Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, &c. Comprehending the Life and Death of Captain Cook. Together with Capt. Furneaux's Narrative in the Adventure, during the Separation of the Ships in the second Voyage, during which Period several of his People were destroyed by the Natives of Queen Charlotte's Sound. Written by several principal officers, and other gentlemen who sailed in the various ships.
Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A plan, for regulating the marine system of Great Britain. In which the service of the navy, the interest of the merchant, and the contentment of seamen and their Families, are impartially considered; and each endeavoured to be provided for, in such Manner, that there is Reason to hope it may give universal Satisfaction: And Enable the Nation to carry on both War and Commerce at the same Time, with equal Vigour and Spirit; And Particularly Raise Ten or Twelve Thousand Volunteers in a very short Time, with little or no Expence to the Government. By Captain John Blake, Who was in the Fleet under Sir Charles Wager at the Siege of Gibraltar, Anno 1727; commanded a Ship to the Mediterranean in 1733, and afterwards the Ships Hallifax and Lincoln, in the Service of the East-India Company.
Blake, John, Captain.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Bloody news from Carolina: Or, The English sailors, tragedy. Being a full and true account of the horrid, bloody, barbarous and inhuman murder, committed on the body of James Radford, a sailor on board the ship Casar, in South Carolina; by the hands of a desperate press-gang. How they were found guilty of willful murder, by the Coronor's inquest how the ghost of the unfortunate sailor James Radford, appeared between the hours of twelve and one, in the dead of the night, on the 17th of August last, to a certain great personage, not far from Sackville-Street, who had willfully endeavoured to screen the said murderers from justice; and how the said great personage was so mortally terrified, that he has not been in his right wits ever since. With many other curious horrid and memorable circumstances, as the following true and impartial narrative shall make appear.
Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Videos
The professor of surgery.
Date: 1982