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
[pg iv]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
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