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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... or bay , and that I fhould attend and affift him with her boats till the Streight should be passed , which would pro- bably 1767 . February . Tuesday 17 . 1767. bably be in much less time than if he ROUND THE WORLD . 9.
... or bay , and that I fhould attend and affift him with her boats till the Streight should be passed , which would pro- bably 1767 . February . Tuesday 17 . 1767. bably be in much less time than if he ROUND THE WORLD . 9.
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... less time than if he con- February tinued to be retarded by my ship ; and I urged , as an additional advantage , that he might com , plete not only his stock of provifions and ftores , but his company , out of her , and then fend her ...
... less time than if he con- February tinued to be retarded by my ship ; and I urged , as an additional advantage , that he might com , plete not only his stock of provifions and ftores , but his company , out of her , and then fend her ...
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... less than half a mile of it , and at fix , the thickness of the weather having rendered the night so dark that we could not fee half the fhip's length , I brought to for the boat , and was indeed , with good reafon , 1767 . April ...
... less than half a mile of it , and at fix , the thickness of the weather having rendered the night so dark that we could not fee half the fhip's length , I brought to for the boat , and was indeed , with good reafon , 1767 . April ...
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... less than nine miles from the land : the weather however being good , I fent the cutter for a load of water , which fhe brought on board about one o'clock . Soon after a breeze sprung up at N. N. W. and as we now approached the land ...
... less than nine miles from the land : the weather however being good , I fent the cutter for a load of water , which fhe brought on board about one o'clock . Soon after a breeze sprung up at N. N. W. and as we now approached the land ...
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... less than two hundred fathom of cable out ; for the bank is a loose fine fand that easily gives way . We rode out the ftorm however without damage , but the rain was fo violent , and the sea ran so high , that nothing could be done with ...
... less than two hundred fathom of cable out ; for the bank is a loose fine fand that easily gives way . We rode out the ftorm however without damage , but the rain was fo violent , and the sea ran so high , that nothing could be done with ...
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