Cook's voyages of discovery, ed. by J. BarrowA and C Black, 1904 - 417 Seiten |
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... wind , the articles of war and the Act of Parliament were read to the ship's company , who were paid two months ' wages in advance , and told that they were to expect no additional pay for the performance of the voyage . On Friday , the ...
... wind , the articles of war and the Act of Parliament were read to the ship's company , who were paid two months ' wages in advance , and told that they were to expect no additional pay for the performance of the voyage . On Friday , the ...
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... wind . So that , upon the whole , Rio de Janeiro is a very good place for ships to put in at that want refreshment . We did not get under sail till the 7th of December , when we stood out to sea . RIO JANEIRO TO TERRA DEL FUEGO ...
... wind . So that , upon the whole , Rio de Janeiro is a very good place for ships to put in at that want refreshment . We did not get under sail till the 7th of December , when we stood out to sea . RIO JANEIRO TO TERRA DEL FUEGO ...
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... wind , accompanied with snow . They pushed forward , however , in good spirits , hoping the worst of the way was past , and that the bare rock which they had seen from the tops of the lower hills was not more than a mile before them ...
... wind , accompanied with snow . They pushed forward , however , in good spirits , hoping the worst of the way was past , and that the bare rock which they had seen from the tops of the lower hills was not more than a mile before them ...
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... wind , but the snow and the rain ; almost naked ; and destitute of every con- venience that is furnished by the rudest art , having no imple- ment even to dress their food : yet they were content . * They seemed to have no wish for ...
... wind , but the snow and the rain ; almost naked ; and destitute of every con- venience that is furnished by the rudest art , having no imple- ment even to dress their food : yet they were content . * They seemed to have no wish for ...
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... to the N.W. We got up with it at sunset , and it proved to be a low woody island , of a circular form , and not much above a mile in compass . We called it Thrumb Cap . We went on with a fine trade - wind and. First Voyage . 29 ...
... to the N.W. We got up with it at sunset , and it proved to be a low woody island , of a circular form , and not much above a mile in compass . We called it Thrumb Cap . We went on with a fine trade - wind and. First Voyage . 29 ...
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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.