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A new voyage round the world describing particularly the isthmus of America, several coasts and islands in the West Indies, the Isles of Cape Verd, the passage by Terra del Fuego, the south sea coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico ; the Isle of Guam, one of the Ladrones, Mindanao, and other Philippine and East India islands near Cambodia, China, Formosa, Luconia, Celebes, &c., New Holland, Sumatra, Nicobar Isles ; the Cape of Good Hope, and Santa Hellena : their soil, rivers, harbours, plants, fruits, animals, and inhabitants : their customs, religion, government, trade, &c.

Nouveau voyage autour du monde où l'on décrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique, plusieurs côtes et isles des Indes Occidentales, les Isles du Cap Verd, le passage par la Terre del Fuego, les côtes meridionales du Chili, du Perou & du Mexique; l'Isle de Guam, Mindanao, & des autres Philippines, les isles orientales qui sont prés de Cambodie; de la Chine; Formosa; Luçon, Celebes, &c., la Nouvelle Hollande, les Isles de Sumatra, de Nicobar & de Sainte Helene & le Cap de Bonne Esperance : où l'on traite des differens terroirs de tous ces pais, de leurs ports, des plantes, des fruits & des animaux qu'on y trouve; de leurs habitans, de leurs coûtumes, de leur religion, de leur gouvernement, de leur negoce, &c.

Four years in a government exploring expedition to the Island of Madeira, Cape Verd Islands, Brazil, coast of Patagonia, Chili, Peru, Paumato group, Society Islands, navigator group, Australia, Antarctic continent, New Zealand, Friendly Islands, Fejee group, Sandwich Islands, northwest coast of America, Oregon, California, East Indies, St. Helena, &c., &c.

A voyage to New-Holland, &c. in the year 1699 wherein are described, the Canary-Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago, the Bay of All-Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brazil, Cape Salvadore, the winds on the Brasilian coast, Abrohlo shoals, a table of all the variations observ'd in this voyage, occurrences near the Cape of Good-Hope, the course to New-Holland, Shark's Bay, the isles, and coast, & c. of New-Holland : their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, &c., their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, &c., trees, plants, fruits, & c. : illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants not found in this part of the world, curiously ingraven on copper plates

James Chalmers, missionary and explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea

A continuation of a voyage to New-Holland, &c., in the year 1699 wherein are described the Islands Timor, Rotee and Anabao, a passage between the Islands Timor and Anabao, Copang and Laphao bays, the Islands Omba, Fetter, Bande and Bird, a description of the coast of New-Guinea, the Islands Pulo Sabuda, Cockle, King William's, Providence, Garret Dennis, Ant. Cave's and St. John's, also a new passage between N. Guinea and Nova Britannia, the Islands Ceram, Bonao, Bouro, and several islands before unknown, the coast of Java, and Streights of Sunda, author' s arrival at Batavia, Cape of Good Hope, St. Helens, I. Ascension, &c. : their inhabitants, customs, trade, &c., harbours, soil, birds, fish, &c., trees, plants, fruits, & c. : illustrated with maps and draughts ; also divers birds, fishes, & c. not found in this part of the world, ingraven on eighteen copper-plates

A glimpse of Honolulu in April, 1893

The early days of California embracing what I saw and heard there, with scenes in the Pacific

To the Hawaiian Islands, the paradise of the Pacific

The geography of Oregon and California, and the other territories of the north-west coast of North America illustrated by a new and beautiful map of those countries

The three famous voyages of Captain James Cook round the world narrating his discoveries and adventures in Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land, Australia, the Friendly Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, the Sandwich Islands, Western North America, etc. : together with the account of his murder at Hawaii, and the subsequent voyage of Captain King to Kamtschatka, Japan, and China

Erromanga the martyr isle