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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... alfo , that in my way home , I would examine the caftern coaft of Patagonia , or attempt fuch other discoveries as he fhould think proper . If this was not approved , and my knowledge of the South Seas was thought neceffary to the ...
... alfo , that in my way home , I would examine the caftern coaft of Patagonia , or attempt fuch other discoveries as he fhould think proper . If this was not approved , and my knowledge of the South Seas was thought neceffary to the ...
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... alfo a great many pintado birds , of nearly the fame fize , which are prettily fpotted with black and white , and conftantly on the wing , though they frequently appear as if they were walking upon the water , like the peterels , to ...
... alfo a great many pintado birds , of nearly the fame fize , which are prettily fpotted with black and white , and conftantly on the wing , though they frequently appear as if they were walking upon the water , like the peterels , to ...
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... alfo was bufy in mending the fails that had been split . On the 5th , we were again brought under our courfes by a hurricane from the N. by W. and . N. N. W. and the fhip was toffed about with fuch violence that we had no command of her ...
... alfo was bufy in mending the fails that had been split . On the 5th , we were again brought under our courfes by a hurricane from the N. by W. and . N. N. W. and the fhip was toffed about with fuch violence that we had no command of her ...
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... alfo two large boats lying on the beach . The gufts of wind which came right out of this bay , pre- vented my going fo near as I intended , for they were fo violent as to oblige us many times to let fly our top - fail sheets , though ...
... alfo two large boats lying on the beach . The gufts of wind which came right out of this bay , pre- vented my going fo near as I intended , for they were fo violent as to oblige us many times to let fly our top - fail sheets , though ...
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... alfo , with the tents , and the other eighteen people , befides the lieutenant , had been driven off the island , I gave her up for loft ; knowing that if the night , which was now at hand , fhould overtake her in fuch a torm , fhe muft ...
... alfo , with the tents , and the other eighteen people , befides the lieutenant , had been driven off the island , I gave her up for loft ; knowing that if the night , which was now at hand , fhould overtake her in fuch a torm , fhe muft ...
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty ... John Byron,Cook,John Hawkesworth Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
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