Cook's voyages of discovery, ed. by J. BarrowA and C Black, 1904 - 417 Seiten |
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... heads to which they may be referred , those of geography and navigation , placing each in a separate and distinct point of view . Perhaps no science ever received greater additions from the labour of a single man than geography has done ...
... heads to which they may be referred , those of geography and navigation , placing each in a separate and distinct point of view . Perhaps no science ever received greater additions from the labour of a single man than geography has done ...
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... head to eat some of it . By this unhappy accident he died in great misery ; but the endeavours of the good father , the French aumonier , were more successful than those of the sur- geon ; for though the surgeon could not save his life ...
... head to eat some of it . By this unhappy accident he died in great misery ; but the endeavours of the good father , the French aumonier , were more successful than those of the sur- geon ; for though the surgeon could not save his life ...
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... heads re- markably large ; perhaps they had something wound round them which we could not distinguish ; they were of a copper colour , and had long black hair . Their habitations were under some clumps of palm - nut trees , which at a ...
... heads re- markably large ; perhaps they had something wound round them which we could not distinguish ; they were of a copper colour , and had long black hair . Their habitations were under some clumps of palm - nut trees , which at a ...
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... head the whole evening , admiring its extraordinary figure ; it was shaped exactly like a bow , the arc and cord of which were land , and the space between them water ; the cord was a flat beach , without any signs of vegetation ...
... head the whole evening , admiring its extraordinary figure ; it was shaped exactly like a bow , the arc and cord of which were land , and the space between them water ; the cord was a flat beach , without any signs of vegetation ...
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... head , in that part of the horizon where it was expected to appear ; but it was so faint that whether there was land in sight or not remained a matter of dispute till sunset . The next morning , however , at six o'clock , we were ...
... head , in that part of the horizon where it was expected to appear ; but it was so faint that whether there was land in sight or not remained a matter of dispute till sunset . The next morning , however , at six o'clock , we were ...
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acquainted Admiralty afterwards anchor appeared arms arrival ashore Banks Batavia beach boat body bread-fruit brought called canoes Cape CAPE KIDNAPPERS Captain Clerke Captain Cook Charles Clerke chief cloth coast cocoa-nuts colour continued Cook's danger discovered Discovery distance Easter Island Endeavour farther fathom feet fire fish four gave guns hand harbour hogs hope houses Hugh Palliser immediately Indians inhabitants island isle kind king land latitude leagues leave lieutenant marines miles morning musket natives navigation night northward o'clock observed occasion officers ordered Otaheite Pacific Ocean party pieces pinnace plantains present received Resolution Richard Pickersgill rocks round sail scurvy seemed seen sent ship shore shot side situation Society Islands Solander soon stones stood Straits of Sunda Terreeoboo thought told took transit of Venus trees Tupia voyage wind wood Zealand
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Seite 83 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet...
Seite 235 - Ninety-seven ice hills were distinctly seen within the field, besides those on the outside; many of them very large, and looking like a ridge of mountains, rising one above another till they were lost in the clouds.
Seite 120 - Three of the pumps, however, were kept going, and at nine o'clock the ship righted ; but the leak had gained upon us so considerably, that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased to be supported by the rock HORRORS OP SHIPWRECK.
Seite 278 - ... use these people saw made of our fire-arms, my friend begged to have it} and when he landed, told his countrymen in what manner it was killed. The day being far spent, and the tide not permitting us to stay longer in the creek, we took leave of the people, and got on board a little after sunset. From this little excursion, I found that we were to expect nothing from these people but the privilege of visiting their country undisturbed. For it was easy to see they had little else than good-nature...
Seite 290 - I had also frequently a fire made in an iron pot at the bottom of the well, which was of great use in purifying the air in the lower parts of the ship.
Seite 372 - We found in it both the hands of Captain Cook entire, which were well known from a remarkable scar on one of them, that divided the thumb from the fore-finger, the whole length of the metacarpal bone ; the skull, but with the scalp separated from it, and the bones that form the face wanting...
Seite 306 - But the most extraordinary of all the articles which they brought to the ships for sale, were human skulls, and hands not yet quite stripped of the flesh, which they made our people plainly understand they had eaten; and, indeed, some of them had evident marks that they had been upon the fire.
Seite 155 - ... up with a force much greater than we could have thought them able to conquer by any combination of their strength. But though we gratified our curiosity at their expense, the injury did not go unrevenged ; for thousands immediately threw themselves upon us, and gave us intolerable pain with their stings, especially those which took possession of our necks and hair, from whence they were not easily driven.
Seite 358 - One of the natives, having in his hands a stone, and a long iron spike (which they call a pahooa), came up to the Captain, flourishing his weapon, by way of defiance, and threatening to throw the stone. The Captain desired him to desist; but the man persisting in his insolence, he was at length provoked to fire a load of small shot.
Seite 392 - Erees, through all the other islands, is found also here. Those whom we saw were, without exception, perfectly well formed ; whereas the lower sort, besides their general inferiority, are subject to all the variety of make and figure that is seen in the populace of other countries.