A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavor Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughstman to Sir Joseph Banks, bart. in his expedition with Dr. Solander round the world ... To which is now added, remarks on the preface / by the late John Fothergill ... and an appendix, containing an account of the voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke.

Sydney Parkinson

Date:: 1784

Credit: A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavor Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. Draughstman to Sir Joseph Banks, bart. in his expedition with Dr. Solander round the world ... To which is now added, remarks on the preface / by the late John Fothergill ... and an appendix, containing an account of the voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Having feen thus much of this ifland, and finding it too dangerous to attempt landing, they bore away to the weftward. Captain Gore called it Sulphur Ifland. The 29th they defcried the Illands of Lema; and the next day the Grand P Ladrone, which is the loftiefl of thofe illands, was diftant about three or four miles. They were employed all the afternoon in working to windward, and at fix came to an anchor, in ten fathom. December the ift they made fail towards Macao, and Captain King and ano- F ther officer went on fhore in the pinnace, with a defign to fet off immediately for Canton; being in want of flores, which they hoped to be fupplied with from fome of the Eaft India fhips that were taking in their lading there. But I upon their landing at Macao, being informed by fome Englifh gentlemen that they muft firfl: obtain a pafTport, which would at leaft: be five days before its arrival from Canton, they, for the prefent, relinquifhed their defign. On the return of the pinnace, the whole crew being impatient to learn the ftate of affairs in England, from whence they had been abfent fo long, got upon deck to hear the news, though it was very late before Captain King returned. Among a variety of other articles, they received a confirmation that a war with France, which they had heard of at Kamtfchatfka, had taken place. \ The 2d they weighed and flood towards the town, and anchoring about two ] miles from it, faluted the fort with thirteen guns, which returned an equal number. All hands were now very bufily employed, fome in watering, others in the hold, and the carpenters in putting the fiiips into a proper flate of defence, in cafe they fhould meet with any of the enemy’s fhips. The Chinefe were very affiduous in their vifits, and among other articles brought off, befides arrack, a hot difagreeable fpirit, they called Sumchu, with which the failors got fo intoxicated, that they were unable to proceed in their work: on this account it was forbid to be brought into the fliips. Having got all their fupplies,^ and increafed the number of the Refolution’s guns to fixteen, and thofe of the Difcovery to twelve; on the 12th of January, 1783, they weighed, and made fail, (landing out of the Typa. • 329- '• 331* 33^‘ • 333* P- 334* P- 335- On$

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