... south, to get clear of thetracts of former navigators, and to get into the latitude of the islands of Middleburgh and Amsterdam; for Iintended to run as far west as these islands, and to touch there ... I named it Hervey'sIsland, in honour of the Honourable Captain Hervey of the navy, one of the lords of the Admiralty, and afterwards Earl of Bristol.As the landing on this isle, if practicable, ... bushes and trees, amongst which casuarinas, pandangs, and wild sago-palms, appearedwith their various tints of green. A row of Barringtonians, as big as the loftiest oaks, formed one side of it, and strewed...