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: Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, Band 2W. Strahan, 1785 |
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... the dawn , and as foon as it appeared they set out for the tent : they were obliged however to make their way along the fea - fhore , for the in- VOL . II . D ap- land 1767 . May . land country was impaffable ; nor ROUND THE WORLD . 33.
... the dawn , and as foon as it appeared they set out for the tent : they were obliged however to make their way along the fea - fhore , for the in- VOL . II . D ap- land 1767 . May . land country was impaffable ; nor ROUND THE WORLD . 33.
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... set them at about the distance of two hun- dred leagues from Capiapo , and not five hun- dred leagues as he has alleged , for the variation here is not more than half a point to the east- ward now , and it must have been still less then ...
... set them at about the distance of two hun- dred leagues from Capiapo , and not five hun- dred leagues as he has alleged , for the variation here is not more than half a point to the east- ward now , and it must have been still less then ...
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... set in the next day . We paffed all the remainder of this day , and all the night , in a state of anxiety , not unmixed with indignation , that greatly aggravated our distress ; L 3 1767 . diftrefs ; and very early the next morning ...
... set in the next day . We paffed all the remainder of this day , and all the night , in a state of anxiety , not unmixed with indignation , that greatly aggravated our distress ; L 3 1767 . diftrefs ; and very early the next morning ...
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... set in , and not having then heard again from the governor , I got under fail , and proceeded towards the town , according to my declaration , refolving , if the veffels that had anchored under our bows , fhould oppofe us , to reprefs ...
... set in , and not having then heard again from the governor , I got under fail , and proceeded towards the town , according to my declaration , refolving , if the veffels that had anchored under our bows , fhould oppofe us , to reprefs ...
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... set fail , and before it was dark cleared the land . On the 20th , after a fine and pleasant paf- fage , we made the island of Saint Helena ; and Sunday 24. fet fail again on the morning of the 24th . At Saturd , 30. midnight on the ...
... set fail , and before it was dark cleared the land . On the 20th , after a fine and pleasant paf- fage , we made the island of Saint Helena ; and Sunday 24. fet fail again on the morning of the 24th . At Saturd , 30. midnight on the ...
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