An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World, Performed by English Navigators

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. This vivid travel narrative traces English voyages around the world, with Captain Cook's circumnavigation at its center and a constant eye for the peoples, lands, and curiosities encountered along the way. It opens with the language and customs of New Holland, then carries the reader through narrow escapes at sea, strange marine phenomena, and the first approach to tropical coasts alive with birds, coconut groves, huts, and signs of habitation. As the expedition moves toward New Guinea, Timor, and Savu, Cook's restraint and practical intelligence stand out in tense first contacts, uncertain trade, and repeated struggles to secure provisions. The book captures Dutch and Portuguese influence, local rulers, ceremonial meals, military displays, and the complex bargaining that governs cross-cultural exchange. It also portrays the abundance of island life—buffaloes, pigs, sheep, fruit, eggs, and palm-syrup—while exposing mistranslation, opportunism, and fragile trust. The final scenes shift to Tahiti and Bougainville's voyage, where hospitality, desire, fireworks, and moral reflection mingle with disputes over land and sovereignty, deepening the book's blend of adventure, ethnography, and imperial encounter.