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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... should make another voyage round the world ; but I was told that the veffel and her equip- ment were very fit for the fervice fhe was to perform , and none of the requifites for which I applied were allowed me . I was therefore ...
... should make another voyage round the world ; but I was told that the veffel and her equip- ment were very fit for the fervice fhe was to perform , and none of the requifites for which I applied were allowed me . I was therefore ...
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... should obtain fome advantage in Friday 26 working the fhip ; in which however we were altogether difappointed : After many difficulties and dangers , we got into Inland Bay on the 17th of February ; and before we made fail again , I ...
... should obtain fome advantage in Friday 26 working the fhip ; in which however we were altogether difappointed : After many difficulties and dangers , we got into Inland Bay on the 17th of February ; and before we made fail again , I ...
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... should find more than equivalent advantages in their courage , ability , and good conduct . At noon , this day , we were abreast of Cape Pillar , when , a gale fpringing up at S. W. , we were obliged to take down our small fails , reef ...
... should find more than equivalent advantages in their courage , ability , and good conduct . At noon , this day , we were abreast of Cape Pillar , when , a gale fpringing up at S. W. , we were obliged to take down our small fails , reef ...
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... should be obliged to keep out in this dangerous pafs another night , but I then saw her founding a bay , and imme- diately stood in after her in a short time the mafter came on board , and to our unspeakable comfort , reported that we ...
... should be obliged to keep out in this dangerous pafs another night , but I then saw her founding a bay , and imme- diately stood in after her in a short time the mafter came on board , and to our unspeakable comfort , reported that we ...
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... high spirits , hoping that in a short time we should be in a more temperate climate : we had the misfortune , however , very foon to C 2 find 1767 . April . find ourselves disappointed , for on ROUND THE WORLD . 19 .
... high spirits , hoping that in a short time we should be in a more temperate climate : we had the misfortune , however , very foon to C 2 find 1767 . April . find ourselves disappointed , for on ROUND THE WORLD . 19 .
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