Richard Pickersgill. Narrative account of voyage of Resolution, 13 July 1772-02 October 1773

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13 July 1772 - 2 October 1773. Sailing from Plymouth; latitude and longitude of Fanchall determined; history of Madeira; Carpenter drowned; anchorage at Table Bay; ice floes - shortage of water remedied by taking ice on board; naming new bird 'Antarctic peteral'; Southern Lights; 25 March, sight mountains of New Zealand; use of wort and 'sowercrout' for scurvy; beauty of coast and Pickersgill's Harbour; meeting natives; Dusky Sound - flora, fauna; exploration of coast of New Zealand; water spouts; Queen Charlotte Sound - met with Adventure - her explorations in Van Diemen's Land; inter-island warfare of natives; Cook's Straits; Low Islands; Tahiti; natives bring fruit; visited by King of Ohitepeak; changes in attitudes of King since previous visit - refuses to trade for hogs; Pickersgill demonstrates what a musket can do; Matavie Bay; visit from King Otoo; Pickersgill's reception by natives of Potatows; details of recent war on Island; manage to get hogs on Bahine Island; Botanist knocked down by natives while collecting in woods; Oamonenas; King Oreo invited Captain Cook to go ashore and see play or Heva; procuring food for hogs; natives of Uliateah; report on other islands; islands of Middleburg Amsterdam - natives came out to the boats - use of hair powder.

[Includes many details not in Cook's account]

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