An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere: And Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour, Band 1W. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773 |
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... course of this work , of which it is now neceffary to give fome account . It is drawn up from the journals that were kept by the Commanders of the feveral fhips , which were put into my hands by the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty ...
... course of this work , of which it is now neceffary to give fome account . It is drawn up from the journals that were kept by the Commanders of the feveral fhips , which were put into my hands by the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty ...
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... course of these voyages been first discovered . The charts also will at one view prevent any mistake which might arife from the fame name having been given to different islands by the feveral Commanders in these voyages , without the ...
... course of these voyages been first discovered . The charts also will at one view prevent any mistake which might arife from the fame name having been given to different islands by the feveral Commanders in these voyages , without the ...
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... course of these expeditions , when they endea- voured to reprefs the invaders of their country ; a regret which I am confident my Readers will participate with me : this however appears to be an evil which , if discoveries of new ...
... course of these expeditions , when they endea- voured to reprefs the invaders of their country ; a regret which I am confident my Readers will participate with me : this however appears to be an evil which , if discoveries of new ...
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... COURSES , a name by which the principal fails of a ship are usually diftinguished , viz . the main - fail , fore - fail , and mizen . CRANK , the quality of a fhip which for want of a fufficient quantity . of ballast or cargo , is ...
... COURSES , a name by which the principal fails of a ship are usually diftinguished , viz . the main - fail , fore - fail , and mizen . CRANK , the quality of a fhip which for want of a fufficient quantity . of ballast or cargo , is ...
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... course . FISH , is a long piece of oak , convex on one fide , and concave on the other . It is used to faften upon the outfide of the lower mafts , as an additional fecurity , to ftrengthen them when it becomes neceffary to carry an ...
... course . FISH , is a long piece of oak , convex on one fide , and concave on the other . It is used to faften upon the outfide of the lower mafts , as an additional fecurity , to ftrengthen them when it becomes neceffary to carry an ...
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