page_title: A Voyage Round the World
section_title: Chapter II. Account of our stay at Tanna, and departure from the New Hebrides.
hierarchical_section_title: A Voyage Round the World / Content / Book III / Chapter II. Account of our stay at Tanna, and departure from the New Hebrides.
caption_attribution_description: The Landing at Tana one of the New Hebrides. Oil on panel, by William Hodges.l The present day Tanna island, in the nation of Vanuatu.
context_page_description: A Voyage Round the World is Georg Forster's report about the second voyage of James Cook. The book was written in 1776/77 by Georg instead of his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, the naturalist on the Second Voyage, after the elder Forster had fallen out with Cook and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. It was published in March 1777 and has become a classic of travel literature.
context_section_description: At Tanna, they meet the natives. As a demonstration of might, Cook has a cannon fired. When a man tries to steal the buoy, they fire more shots, without harming the natives. They manage to land and, after giving some presents to the natives and receiving coconuts in return, ask to take some fresh water and wood, which is granted. On the next day, the natives come aboard to trade, and when a man tries to take what he was bartering for without payment, Cook again uses firearms to punish the theft. Many natives gather on the shore in two groups, but Cook scares them away:
  One of them, standing close to the water's edge, was so bold as to turn his posteriors towards us, and slap them with his hand, which is the usual challenge with all the nations of the South Sea. Captain Cook ordered another musket to be shot into the air, and, at this signal, the ship played her whole artillery, consisting of five four-pounders, two swivels, and four musketoons. The balls whistled over our heads, and making some havock among the coco-palms, had the desired effect, and entirely cleared the beach in a few moments.
  They stake out an area that the natives should not enter, and have no more trouble with them. Forster describes their hairstyle, bodypaint, and scars as well as their weaponry. Forster and his father make several excursions on the island and learn the names of several nearby islands from the natives. Whenever they approach a certain area, they are stopped by the natives who threaten to eat them. They do not succeed to approach the volcano, but measure temperatures at solfataras and hot springs. A native is shot dead by a marine despite Cook's orders. After 16 days, they depart. Forster comments at length on the island's geography, plants, animals and people. 
  They sail near islands called Irronan and Anattom. Cook names the island group the New Hebrides. They sail north to Espiritu Santo and discover further small islands off its eastern coast. At Espiritu Santo, again the language is different from those previously encountered.
caption: The Landing at Tanna, one of the New Hebrides, by William Hodges, 1775–1776
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