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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... newly discovered Islands in the South Seas , with a Defcription of their Figure and Appearance ; Some Account of the Inhabitants , and several In- cidents I cidents that happened during the Course , and at the CONTENTS ,
... newly discovered Islands in the South Seas , with a Defcription of their Figure and Appearance ; Some Account of the Inhabitants , and several In- cidents I cidents that happened during the Course , and at the CONTENTS ,
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... appeared to be little short of distraction : a few minutes , however , convinced us , that what had been taken for a ... appearance of a bay within that Cape , and bears S. by E. , about four leagues from the island which Sir John ...
... appeared to be little short of distraction : a few minutes , however , convinced us , that what had been taken for a ... appearance of a bay within that Cape , and bears S. by E. , about four leagues from the island which Sir John ...
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... appearance , and the gale freshened so fast , that we did not think it pru- dent to venture : we brought to , however , as near the shore as poffible , for the advantage of smooth water to unload the cutter , which foon after came along ...
... appearance , and the gale freshened so fast , that we did not think it pru- dent to venture : we brought to , however , as near the shore as poffible , for the advantage of smooth water to unload the cutter , which foon after came along ...
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... appearance of the weather , and the uncommon darkness of the night , he had at laft , with whatever reluctance , been obliged to come on board without them . The fituation of thefe poor fellows now furnished another fubject of ...
... appearance of the weather , and the uncommon darkness of the night , he had at laft , with whatever reluctance , been obliged to come on board without them . The fituation of thefe poor fellows now furnished another fubject of ...
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... 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.
... 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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