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the 31st of March, 1770, when I quitted it, and pro- 

 ceeded to New Holland ; and having surveyed the 

 eastern coast of that vast country, which part had 

 not before been visited, I passed between its northern 

 extremity and New Guinea ; landed on the latter ; 

 touched at the island of Savu, Batavia, the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and St. Helena * ; and arrived in Eng- 

 land on the 12th of July, 1771. 



In this voyage I was accompanied by Mr. Banks 

 and Dr. Solander ; the first a gentleman of ample 

 fortune ; the other an accomplished disciple of 

 Linnaeus, and one of the librarians of the British 

 Museum : both of them distinguished in the learned 

 world for their extensive and accurate knowledge of 

 natural history. These gentlemen, animated by the 

 love of science, and by a desire to pursue their en- 

 quiries in the remote regions I was preparing to visit, 

 desired permission to make the voyage with me. 

 The Admiralty readily complied with a request that 

 promised such advantage to the republic of letters. 

 They accordingly embarked with me, and partici- 

 pated in all the dangers and sufferings of our tedious 

 and fatiguing navigation. 



To illustrate this short abstract of the several dis- 

 coveries made in the Southern Pacific, Atlantic, and 

 Indian Oceans, before my departure on this second 

 voyage, now laid before the public, I have delineated 

 on the general chart hereunto annexed the tracks of 

 most of the navigators, without which the abstract 

 could not be so easily understood. 



The voyages of Messrs. de Surviile, Kerguelen, 

 and Marion, of which some account is given in the 

 following work, did not come to my knowledge time 

 enough to afford me any advantage ; and as they 

 have not been communicated to the world in a public 



* In the account given of St. Helena in the narrative of my 

 former voyage I find two mistakes. Its inhabitants are far from 

 exercising a wanton cruelty over their slaves ; and they have had 

 wheel-carriages and porters' knots for many years. 



