Letter received by Banks from Daniel Solander, August 1775 (Series 72.180) - No. 0003

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I have seen Cooks Maps; the Track you have is not much erroneous.

The Groupe of Islands near Amsterdam Cook calls the Friendly Islands, because the People behaved very friendly.

Terra del [indecipherable] Sch he calls Hebrides - there the People were not so friendly, he there was obliged to kill some.

Nova Caledonia is a narrow slip of an Island, as he could [indecipherable] from Mountains.  People rather well behaved than otherwise.