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obstacles, by informing him what was to be found* 

 as well as where to find it. The Sandwich Islands, 

 which he took the Hberry of naming, were found 

 traced on a chart, which Anson discovered, on 

 board the Manilla ship captured by him, thirty -seven 

 years before they were visit^ by Cook, who no- 

 where mentions this fact. All places, indeed, 

 seem to have been new to him; he gave them 

 English names, even when they had been named 

 by the real discoverers, and paid no attention to that 

 courtesy of nations, which gives to those to whom 

 they justlj belong, the honours of all discoveries or 

 improvements in science. To the Los Monjes of 

 the Spanish chart, found by Anson on board the 

 Manilla ship, Cook gave the name of Sandwich 

 Islands, by which they are laid down in all the Bri- 

 tish charts, as discovered by him, without the least 

 I'eference to the claim of the Spaniards. 



To the Sagittaria of Quiros, he gave also the 

 name of Otaheite ; to the Archipelago of Bourbon, 

 of Bougainville, he gave the name of the Society 

 Islands; and to the Navigators' Islands of the same 

 voyager, he gave the name of Friendly Islands. It 

 will be recollected, that these are the most impor- 

 tant discoveries of captain Cook, and that they 

 make a principal figure in the histories of his voy- 

 ages. The Sandv\ich Islands especially, have been 

 placed among the most incontestable of his trophies. 

 It may therefore be worth while to be a little more 

 circumstantial on this point. 



In the Galleon, captured by Commodore Anson^ 

 was found a chi rt, which was carried to England 

 by him, and has been published since. Of this a de- 

 scription is given in Marchand's voyage, page ITj 

 &c. The conclusions drawn from it, by M. Fleu- 

 rieu, the learned editor of Marchand's voyage^ 

 are too long lor insertion here : but the facts on 



