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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... Westward , round this Part of America , into the South Seas . 299 CHAP . VII . The Sequel of the Paffage from Cape Horn to the newly discovered Islands in the South Seas , with a Defcription of their Figure and Appearance ; Some Account ...
... Westward , round this Part of America , into the South Seas . 299 CHAP . VII . The Sequel of the Paffage from Cape Horn to the newly discovered Islands in the South Seas , with a Defcription of their Figure and Appearance ; Some Account ...
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... westward as much as poffible ; and as foon as it was light the next morning , I fent the mafter again , out in Sunday 12 . the cutter , in fearch of an anchorage on the fouth fhore . I waited in a state of the most painful suspense for ...
... westward as much as poffible ; and as foon as it was light the next morning , I fent the mafter again , out in Sunday 12 . the cutter , in fearch of an anchorage on the fouth fhore . I waited in a state of the most painful suspense for ...
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... westward . In the middle of the night of the 16th , we Thursd , 16 . had the wind firft to the S. S. E. and then to the S. E. with which we kept away N. W. and N. N. W. in high spirits , hoping that in a short time we should be in a ...
... westward . In the middle of the night of the 16th , we Thursd , 16 . had the wind firft to the S. S. E. and then to the S. E. with which we kept away N. W. and N. N. W. in high spirits , hoping that in a short time we should be in a ...
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... the Streight of Magellan . Our latitude at noon was 36 ° 39 ′ S. , and we were about five degrees to the westward of Cape Pillar . The next day we made 1767 . May . made the island of Mafafuero , 24 CAPTAIN CARTERET's VOYAGE.
... the Streight of Magellan . Our latitude at noon was 36 ° 39 ′ S. , and we were about five degrees to the westward of Cape Pillar . The next day we made 1767 . May . made the island of Mafafuero , 24 CAPTAIN CARTERET's VOYAGE.
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... westward of this point is the best anchoring- place , but it is neceffary to give it birth , as the ground near it is fhoaly . When we were at anchor in this bay , Swallow Point bore E. by N. and Hanway's Point W. N. W. From this Point ...
... westward of this point is the best anchoring- place , but it is neceffary to give it birth , as the ground near it is fhoaly . When we were at anchor in this bay , Swallow Point bore E. by N. and Hanway's Point W. N. W. From this Point ...
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