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