Volume 7 — Introductory material

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VOYAGE

TO THE

PACIFIC OCEAN,

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.

VOL. III.

WRITTEN BY CAPTAIN JAMES KING, LL. D. AND F. R. S.

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Town & Harbour of S^t Peter & S^t Paul in Kamtschatka.

3A

VOYAGE

TO

THE PACIFIC OCEAN.