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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... thing that was requifite for a long and dangerous navigation ; and the Swallow . having only a fcanty supply of common necef- faries . However , I ventured to apply for a forge , fome iron , a fmall skiff , and several other things ...
... thing that was requifite for a long and dangerous navigation ; and the Swallow . having only a fcanty supply of common necef- faries . However , I ventured to apply for a forge , fome iron , a fmall skiff , and several other things ...
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... thing else that was on fhore , with all poffible expedition . From this time the wind increased very fast , and by eleven o'clock it blew fo hard , with violent gufts from the land , that the ship began to drive off the bank : we heaved ...
... thing else that was on fhore , with all poffible expedition . From this time the wind increased very fast , and by eleven o'clock it blew fo hard , with violent gufts from the land , that the ship began to drive off the bank : we heaved ...
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... thing else , into the fea , to lighten the boat . As we had yet feen nothing of the cutter , and had reason to fear that fhe alfo , with the tents , and the other eighteen people , befides the lieutenant , had been driven off the island ...
... thing else , into the fea , to lighten the boat . As we had yet feen nothing of the cutter , and had reason to fear that fhe alfo , with the tents , and the other eighteen people , befides the lieutenant , had been driven off the island ...
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... thing behind me except the wood , which our people had cut for firing . The island of Mafafuero lies in latitude 33 ° 45 ′ S. , longitude 80 ° 46 ′ W. of London . Its fituation is weft of Juan Fernandes , both being nearly in the fame ...
... thing behind me except the wood , which our people had cut for firing . The island of Mafafuero lies in latitude 33 ° 45 ′ S. , longitude 80 ° 46 ′ W. of London . Its fituation is weft of Juan Fernandes , both being nearly in the fame ...
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... thing else , though none of it was manufactured except nails ; for , as I ob- ferved before , we had no cutlery ware on board . The canoes were very long and very narrow , with an outrigger , and fome of them were very neatly made : one ...
... thing else , though none of it was manufactured except nails ; for , as I ob- ferved before , we had no cutlery ware on board . The canoes were very long and very narrow , with an outrigger , and fome of them were very neatly made : one ...
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