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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11

Volume 11 / Part 2 — PART II. BOOK IV. CONTINUED.

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CHAP. XII.(Continued.) Voyage round the World, by Captain George Shelvocke, in 1719-1722, 1 SECT. V. Voyage from California to Canton in China, 1 VI. Residence in China, and Voyage thence to England, 11 VII. Supplement to the foregoing Voyage, 17 VIII. Appendix to Shelvocke's Voyage round the World. Containing Observations on the Country and Inhabitants of Peru, by Captain Betagh, 20 Introduction, 20 § 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury by the Spaniards, 21 § 2. Observations made by Betagh in the North of Peru, 23 § 3. Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account of the English Prisoners at that Place, 27 § 4. Description of Lima, and some Account of the Government of Peru, 30 § 5. Some Account of the Mines of Peru and Chili, 37 § 6. Observations on the Trade of Chili, 47 § 7. Some Account of the French Interlopers in Chili, 55 § 8. Return of Betagh to England, 62 XIII. Voyage round the World, by Commodore Roggewein, in 1721-1723 65 Introduction 65 SECT. I. Narrative of the Voyage from Holland to the Coast of Brazil, 71 II. Arrival in Brazil, with some Account of that Country, 75 III. Incidents during the Voyage from Brazil to Juan Fernandez, with a Description of that Island, 82 IV. Continuation of the Voyage from Juan Fernandez till the Shipwreck of the African Galley, 90 V. Continuation of the Voyage after the Loss of the African, to the Arrival of Roggewein at New Britain, 98 VI. Description of New Britain, and farther Continuation of the Voyage till the Arrival of Roggewein at Java, 107 VII. Occurrences from their Arrival at the Island of Java, to the Confiscation of the Ships at Batavia, 118 VIII. Description of Batavia and the Island of Java, with some Account of the Government of the Dutch East-India Company's Affairs, 123 IX. Description of Ceylon, 138 X. Some Account of the Governments of Amboina, Banda, Macasser, the Moluccas, Mallacca, and the Cape of Good Hope, 143 XI. Account of the Directories of Coromandel, Surat, Bengal, and Persia, 155 XII. Account of the Commanderies of Malabar, Gallo, Java, and Bantam, 159 XIII. Some Account of the Residences of Cheribon, Siam, and Mockha, 170 XIV. Of the Trade of the Dutch in Borneo and China, 174 XV. Of the Dutch Trade with Japan, 177 XVI. Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 182 XVII. Voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Holland, with some Account of St Helena, the Island of Ascension, and the Açores, 192 XIV. Voyage round the World, by Captain George Anson, in the Years 1740-1744, 201 Preface, 201 Introduction, 212 SECT. I. Of the Equipment of the Squadron, and the Incidents relating to it, from its first Appointment to its setting Sail from St Helens, 222 II. The Passage from St Helens to the Island of Madeira, with a short Account of that Island, and of our Stay there, 232 III. History of the Spanish Squadron commanded by Don Joseph Pizarro, 236 IV. Passage from Madeira to St Catharines, 247 V. Proceedings at St Catharines, and a Description of that Place, with a short Account of Brazil, 253 VI. The Run from St Catharines to Port St Julian; with some Account of the Port, and of the Country to the South of the Rio Plata, 266 VII. Departure from the Bay of St Julian, and Passage from thence to the Straits of Le Maire, 276 VIII. Course from the Straits of Le Maire to Cape Noir, 281 IX. Observations and Directions for facilitating the Passage of future Navigators round Cape Horn, 288 X. Course from Cape Noir to the Island of Juan Fernandez, 299 XI. Arrival of the Centurion at Juan Fernandez, with a Description of that Island, 307 XII. Separate Arrivals of the Gloucester, and Anna Pink, at Juan Fernandez, and Transactions at that Island during the Interval, 321 XIII. Short Account of what befell the Anna Pink before she rejoined; with an Account of the Loss of the Wager, and the putting back of the Severn and Pearl, 330 XIV. Conclusion of Proceedings at Juan Fernandez, from the Arrival of the Anna Pink, to our final Departure from thence, 345 XV. Our Cruise, from leaving Juan Fernandez, to the taking of Payta, 356 XVI. Capture of Payta, and Proceedings at that Place, 373 XVII. Occurrences from our Departure from Payta to our Arrival at Quibo, 386 XVIII. Our Proceedings at Quibo, with an Account of the Place, 393 XIX. From Quibo to the Coast of Mexico, 398 XX. An Account of the Commerce carried on between the City of Manilla on the Island of Luconia, and the Port of Acapulco on the Coast of Mexico, 405 XXI. Our Cruise off the Port of Acapulco for the Manilla Ship, 412 XXII. A short Account of Chequetan, and of the adjacent Coast and Country, 418 XXIII. Account of Proceedings at Chequetan and on the adjacent Coast, till our setting sail for Asia, 425 XXIV. The Run from the Coast of Mexico to the Ladrones or Marian Islands, 433 XXV. Our Arrival at Tinian, and an Account of the Island, and of our Proceedings there, till the Centurion drove out to Sea, 442 XXVI. Transactions at Tinian after the Departure of the Centurion, 449 XXVII. Account of the Proceedings on board the Centurion when driven out to Sea, 457 XXVIII. Of our Employment at Tinian, till the final Departure of the Centurion, and of the Voyage to Macao, 460 XXIX. Proceeding at Macao, 471 XXX. From Macao to Cape Espiritu Santo: The taking of the Manilla Galleon, and returning back again, 489 XXXI. Transactions in the River of Canton, 501 XXXII. Proceedings at the City of Canton, and the Return of the Centurion to England, 514

[Transcriber's note: Some of the footnotes have been renumbered to maintain consistency throughout the book.]

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