An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere

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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere is an 18th-century multi-volume work edited by John Hawkesworth that compiles and narrates British exploratory voyages, including those of Captain James Cook, to the southern Pacific and Antarctic regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
associatedWith British Empire expansion ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
commissionedBy British Admiralty ⓘ
George III ⓘ
contains accounts of British voyages in the South Seas ⓘ
narrative of Captain James Cook’s first voyage ⓘ
controversy criticized for inaccuracies and moral commentary by contemporaries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
documentsActivity cartographic surveying ⓘ
encounters with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
scientific observation during voyages ⓘ
editor John Hawkesworth ⓘ
editorialApproach Hawkesworth rewrote and unified separate journals into a single narrative ⓘ
featuresVoyagesOf James Cook ⓘ
John Byron ⓘ
Philip Carteret ⓘ
Samuel Wallis ⓘ
focusesOnRegion Antarctic regions ⓘ
southern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to: South Pacific Ocean
genre exploration narrative ⓘ
historical non-fiction ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed 18th-century British exploration ⓘ
Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration
historicalSignificance influential in shaping European views of the Pacific ⓘ
major source for early accounts of James Cook’s voyages ⓘ
includes descriptions of Tahiti and other Pacific islands ⓘ
maps and illustrations of newly charted regions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativeForm compiled narrative from journals and logs ⓘ
printingTechnology letterpress ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedTo voyages in search of Terra Australis ⓘ
relatedWork The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World ⓘ
subject British naval expeditions ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
targetAudience European reading public interested in exploration ⓘ
timeOfPublication late 18th century ⓘ
timePeriodCovered mid-18th century Pacific voyages ⓘ

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A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World → relatedWork → An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean → relatedWork → An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
Young Nick’s Head → isSubjectOf → James Cook voyage narratives ⓘ
linked to: An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World → relatedWork → A Voyage Round the World (James Cook’s official account) ⓘ
linked to: An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere → relatedWork → The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World ⓘ
linked to: An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
John Douglas → editedWork → voyages of Captain James Cook ⓘ
linked to: An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere