Chapter XXVI

What had Cook's Predecessors left him to discover?--His first Voyage.
--Discovery of the Society Islands, and of the East Coast of New
Holland.--His second Voyage.--Discovery of the Hervey Group.
--Researches in the South Sea.--The New Hebrides.--Discovery of New
Caledonia and of South Georgia.--His third Voyage.--The Sandwich
Islands.--New Albion.--West Georgia.--Cook's Murder.--Vancouver.
--La Peyrouse 485