PART TWO, BOOK FOUR -- Early Circumnavigations, or Voyages Round the World.
[*Volume 10, Project Gutenberg text*]

Chapter 1 -- Voyage of Ferdinand Magellan round the World, in 1519-1522

Section 1 -- Some Account of Magellan, previous to the Commencement of the Voyage.
Section 2 -- Proceedings of the Voyage from Seville to Patagonia, and wintering there.
Section 3 -- Prosecution of the Voyage, till the Death of Magellan.
Section 4 -- Continuation of the Voyage to its Conclusion.
Chapter 2 -- Voyage by Sir Francis Drake round the World, in 1517-1580
Section 1 -- Introduction, and Preparation for the Voyage.
Section 2 -- Narrative of the Voyage from England to the Straits of Magellan
Section 3 -- Incidents of the Voyage, from the Straits of Magellan to New Albion.
Section 4 -- Continuation of the Voyage, from New Albion to England.
Section 5 -- Reception of Sir Francis Drake in England, and some Notices of his remaining Actions.
Section 6 -- First Supplement to the Voyage of Sir Francis Drake; being an Account of Part of the foregoing Navigation, by Nuno da Silva.
Section 7 -- Second Supplement, being the Voyage of Mr. John Winter, after parting from Sir Francis Drake.
Chapter 3 --Voyage of Sir Thomas Candish round the World, in 1586-1588
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage from England to the Pacific.
Section 2 -- Transactions on the Western Coast of America.
Section 3 -- Voyage Home to England.
Section 4 -- Second Voyage of Sir Thomas Candish, intended for the South Sea, in 1591.
        § 1. Incidents in the Voyage, till the Separation of the Ships.
        § 2. Disastrous Result of the Voyage to Sir Thomas Candish.
        § 3. Continuation of the Voyage of the Desire, Captain Davis, after parting from Sir Thomas Candish.
Chapter 4 -- Voyage of Oliver Van Noort round the World, in 1538-1601
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage.
Section 2 -- Voyage of Sebald de Weert, to the South Sea and Straits of Magellan, in 1598.
        § 1. Incidents of the Voyage from Holland to the Straits of Magellan.
        § 2. The Fleet passes through the Straits of Magellan into the South Sea, and is forced to return.
        § 3. Incidents daring their second Residence in the Straits of Magellan.
        § 4. Voyage from the Straits to Holland.
Chapter 5 -- Voyage of George Spilbergen round the World, in 1614-1617
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage, from Holland to the South Sea.
Section 2 -- Transactions in the South Sea, along the Western Coast of America.
Section 3 -- Voyage Home from America, by the East Indies and Cape of Good Hope.
Chapter 6 -- Voyage round the World, in 1615-1617, by William Cornelison Schouten and Jacques Le Maire, going round Cape Horn
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Journal of the Voyage from the Texel to Cape Horn.
Section 2 -- Continuation of the Voyage, from Cape Horn to the Island of Java.
Chapter 7 -- Voyage of the Nassau Fleet round the World, in 1623-1626, under the Command of Jaques Le Hermite
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Incidents of the Voyage from Holland to the South Sea.
Section 2 -- Transactions of the Fleet on the Western Coast of America.
Section 3 -- Voyage Home from the Western Coast of America.
Chapter 8 -- Voyage round the World, in 1683-1691, by Captain John Cooke, accompanied by Captain Cowley, and Captain William Dampier
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage by Captain Cowley, till he quitted the Revenge on the Western Coast of America.
Section 2 -- Continuation of the Narrative of Captain Cowley, from leaving the Revenge, to his Return to England.
Section 3 -- Sequel of the Voyage, as far as Dampier is concerned, after the Separation of the Nicholas from the Revenge.
Chapter 9 -- Voyage round the World, by William Funnell, in 1703-1706
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage, till the Separation of Funnell from Dampier.
Section 2 -- Sequel of the Voyage of William Funnell, after his Separation from Captain Dampier.
Section 3 -- Brief Account of Stradling, Clipperton, and Dampier, after their respective Separations, till their Returns to England.
Chapter 10 -- Voyage round the World, by Captain Woods Rogers, and Stephen Courtney, in 1708-1711
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage, from England to the Island of Juan Fernandez.
Section 2 -- Proceedings of the Expedition on the Western Coast of America.
Section 3 -- Sequel of the Voyage, from California, by Way of the East Indies to England.
Chapter 11 -- Voyage round the World, by Captain John Clipperton, in 1719-1722
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage, from England to Juan Fernandez.
Section 2 -- Proceedings of the Success in the South Seas.
Section 3 -- Voyage of the Success from the Coast of Mexico to China.
Section 4 -- Residence of Captain Clipperton at Macao, and Returns from thence to England.
Chapter 12 -- Voyage round the World, by Captain George Shelvocke, in 1719-1722
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage from England to the South Sea.
Section 2 -- Proceedings in the South Sea, till Shipwrecked on the Island of Juan Fernandez.
Section 3 -- Residence on the Island of Juan Fernandez.
Section 4 -- Farther Proceedings in the South Sea, after leaving Juan Fernandez.
[*Volume 11, Project Gutenberg text*]
Section 5 -- Voyage from California to Canton in China.
Section 6 -- Residence in China, and Voyage thence to England.
Section 7 -- Supplement to the foregoing Voyage.
Section 8 -- Appendix to Shelvocke's Voyage round the World. Containing Observations on the Country and Inhabitants of Peru, by Captain Betagh.
        Introduction.
        § 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury by the Spaniards.
        § 2. Observations made by Betagh in the North of Peru.
        § 3. Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account of the English Prisoners at that Place.
        § 4. Description of Lima, and some Account of the Government of Peru.
        § 5. Some Account of the Mines of Peru and Chili.
        § 6. Observations on the Trade of Chili.
        § 7. Some Account of the French Interlopers in Chili.
        § 8. Return of Betagh to England.
Chapter 13 -- Voyage round the World, by Commodore Roggewein, in 1721-1723
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Narrative of the Voyage from Holland to the Coast of Brazil.
Section 2 -- Arrival in Brazil, with some Account of that Country.
Section 3 -- Incidents during the Voyage from Brazil to Juan Fernandez, with a Description of that Island.
Section 4 -- Continuation of the Voyage from Juan Fernandez till the Shipwreck of the African Galley.
Section 5 -- Continuation of the Voyage after the Loss of the African, to the Arrival of Roggewein at New Britain.
Section 6 -- Description of New Britain, and farther Continuation of the Voyage till the Arrival of Roggewein at Java.
*Section 7* -- Occurrences from their Arrival at the Island of Java, to the Confiscation of the Ships at Batavia.
*Section 8* -- Description of Batavia and the Island of Java, with some Account of the Government of the Dutch East-India Company's Affairs.
*Section 9* -- Description of Ceylon.
*Section 10* -- Some Account of the Governments of Amboina, Banda, Macasser, the Moluccas, Mallacca, and the Cape of Good Hope.
*Section 11* -- Account of the Directories of Coromandel, Surat, Bengal, and Persia.
*Section 12* -- Account of the Commanderies of Malabar, Gallo, Java, and Bantam.
Section 13 -- Some Account of the Residences of Cheribon, Siam, and Mockha.
Section 14 -- Of the Trade of the Dutch in Borneo and China.
Section 15 -- Of the Dutch Trade with Japan.
Section 16 -- Account of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.
Section 14 -- Voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Holland, with some Account of St. Helena, the Island of Ascension, and the Azores.
Chapter 14 -- Voyage round the World, by Captain George Anson, in the Years 1740-1744
Preface.
Introduction.
Section 1 -- Of the Equipment of the Squadron, and the Incidents relating to it, from its first Appointment to its setting Sail from St. Helens.
Section 2 -- The Passage from St Helens to the Island of Madeira, with a short Account of that Island, and of our Stay there.
Section 3 -- History of the Spanish Squadron commanded by Don Joseph Pizarro.
Section 4 -- Passage from Madeira to St. Catharines.
Section 5 -- Proceedings at St. Catharines, and a Description of that Place, with a short Account of Brazil.
Section 6 -- The Run from St. Catharines to Port St. Julian; with some Account of the Port, and of the Country to the South of the Rio Plata.
Section 7 -- Departure from the Bay of St. Julian, and Passage from thence to the Straits of Le Maire.
Section 8 -- Course from the Straits of Le Maire to Cape Noir.
Section 9 -- Observations and Directions for facilitating the Passage of future Navigators round Cape Horn.
Section 10 -- Course from Cape Noir to the Island of Juan Fernandez.
Section 11 -- Arrival of the Centurion at Juan Fernandez, with a Description of that Island.
Section 12 -- Separate Arrivals of the Gloucester, and Anna Pink, at Juan Fernandez, and Transactions at that Island during the Interval.
Section 13 -- Short Account of what befell the Anna Pink before she rejoined; with an Account of the Loss of the Wager, and the putting back of the Severn and Pearl.
Section 14 -- Conclusion of Proceedings at Juan Fernandez, from the Arrival of the Anna Pink, to our final Departure from thence.
Section 15 -- Our Cruise, from leaving Juan Fernandez, to the taking of Payta.
Section 16 -- Capture of Payta, and Proceedings at that Place.
Section 17 -- Occurrences from our Departure from Payta to our Arrival at Quibo.
Section 18 -- Our Proceedings at Quibo, with an Account of the Place
Section 19 -- From Quibo to the Coast of Mexico.
Section 20 -- An Account of the Commerce carried on between the City of Manilla on the Island of Luconia, and the Port of Acapulco on the Coast of Mexico.
Section 21 -- Our Cruise off the Port of Acapulco for the Manilla Ship.
Section 22 -- A short Account of Chequetan, and of the adjacent Coast and Country.
Section 23 -- Account of Proceedings at Chequetan and on the adjacent Coast, till our setting sail for Asia.
Section 24 -- The Run from the Coast of Mexico to the Ladrones or Marian Islands.
Section 25 -- Our Arrival at Tinian, and an Account of the Island, and of our Proceedings there, till the Centurion drove out to Sea.
Section 26 -- Transactions at Tinian after the Departure of the Centurion.
Section 27 -- Account of the Proceedings on board the Centurion when driven out to Sea.
Section 28 -- Of our Employment at Tinian, till the final Departure of the Centurion, and of the Voyage to Macao.
Section 29 -- Proceedings at Macao.
Section 30 -- From Macao to Cape Espiritu Santo: The taking of the Manilla Galleon, and returning back again.
Section 31 -- Transactions in the River of Canton.
Section 32 -- Proceedings at the City of Canton, and the Return of the Centurion to England.
 

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