A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 639 pages of information about A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2.

A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 639 pages of information about A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2.

Departure from Port Lincoln. 
Sir Joseph Banks’ Group. 
Examination of the coast, northward. 
The ship found to be in a gulph. 
Anchorage near the head of the gulph. 
Boat expedition. 
Excursion to Mount Brown. 
Nautical observations. 
Departure from the head, and examination of the east side of the gulph. 
Extensive shoal. 
Point Pearce. 
Hardwicke Bay. 
Verification of the time keepers. 
General remarks on the gulph. 
Cape Spencer and the Althorpe Isles. 
New land discovered:  Anchorage there. 
General remarks on Kangaroo Island. 
Nautical observations.

CHAPTER VIII.

Departure from Kangaroo Island. 
Examination of the main coast, from Cape Spencer eastward. 
The Investigator’s Strait. 
A new gulph discovered.  Anchorage at, and examination of the head. 
Remarks on the surrounding land. 
Return down the gulph. 
Troubridge Shoal. 
Yorke’s Peninsula. 
Return to Kangaroo Island. 
Boat expedition to Pelican Lagoon. 
Astronomical observations. 
Kangaroo Island quitted. 
Back-stairs Passage. 
The coast from Cape Jervis, eastward. 
Meeting, and communication with Le Geographe. 
Remarks upon the French discoveries on the South Coast.

CHAPTER IX.

Examination of the coast resumed. 
Encounter Bay. 
The capes Bernouilli and Jaffa. 
Baudin’s Rocks. 
Differences in the bearings on tacking. 
Cape Buffon, the eastern limit of the French discovery. 
The capes Northumberland and Bridgewater of captain Grant. 
Danger from a south-west gale. 
King’s Island, in Bass’ Strait:  Anchorage there. 
Some account of the island. 
Nautical observations. 
New Year’s Isles. 
Cape Otway, and the north-west entrance to Bass’ Strait. 
Anchorage in, and examination of Port Phillip. 
The country and inhabitants. 
Nautical observations.

CHAPTER X.

Departure from Port Phillip. 
Cape Schanck. 
Wilson’s Promontory, and its isles. 
Kent’s Groups, and Furneaux’s Isles. 
Hills behind the Long Beach. 
Arrival at Port Jackson. 
Health of the ship’s company. 
Refitment and supply of the ship. 
Price of provisions. 
Volunteers entered. 
Arrangement for the succeeding part of the voyage. 
French ships. 
Astronomical and nautical observations.

CHAPTER XI

Of the winds and currents on the south coast of Terra Australis, and in Bass’ Strait.  Usual progress of the gales.  Proper seasons for sailing eastward, and for going westward:  best places of shelter in each case, with some instructions for the Strait.

Appendix.

Account of the observations by which the Longitudes of places on the north coast of Terra Australis have been settled.

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