VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,

CHAP.

XII.(Continued.)

Voyage round the World, by Captain George Shelvocke, in 1719-1722, 1

SECT.

V. Voyage from California to Canton in China, 1

VI. Residence in China, and Voyage thence to

England, 11

VII. Supplement to the foregoing Voyage, 17

VIII. Appendix to Shelvocke's Voyage round the

World. Containing Observations on the

Country and Inhabitants of Peru, by Captain

Betagh, 20

Introduction, 20

§ 1. Particulars of the Capture of the Mercury

by the Spaniards, 21

§ 2. Observations made by Betagh in the

North of Peru, 23

§ 3. Voyage from Payta to Lima, and Account

of the English Prisoners at that

Place, 27

§ 4. Description of Lima, and some Account

of the Government of Peru, 30

§ 5. Some Account of the Mines of Peru and

Chili, 37

§ 6. Observations on the Trade of Chili, 47

§ 7. Some Account of the French Interlopers

in Chili, 55

§ 8. Return of Betagh to England, 62

XIII. Voyage round the World, by Commodore Roggewein, in 1721-1723 65

Introduction 65

SECT.

I. Narrative of the Voyage from Holland to the Coast of Brazil, 71

II. Arrival in Brazil, with some Account of that Country, 75

III. Incidents during the Voyage from Brazil to Juan Fernandez, with a

Description of that Island, 82

IV. Continuation of the Voyage from Juan Fernandez till the Shipwreck of

the African Galley, 90

V. Continuation of the Voyage after the Loss of the African, to the

Arrival of Roggewein at New Britain, 98

VI. Description of New Britain, and farther Continuation of the Voyage

till the Arrival of Roggewein at Java, 107

VII. Occurrences from their Arrival at the Island of Java, to the

Confiscation of the Ships at Batavia, 118

VIII. Description of Batavia and the Island of Java, with some Account

of the Government of the Dutch East-India Company's Affairs, 123

IX. Description of Ceylon, 138

X. Some Account of the Governments of Amboina, Banda, Macasser, the

Moluccas, Mallacca, and the Cape of Good Hope,