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:, Band 1W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1773 |
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... hard gales with fudden gufts , which obliged us to strike our top - gallant - mafts , and get up our flumps ; but this day it blew a ftorm , with a terrible sea , and the ship laboured fo much , that , to eafe her , I ordered the two ...
... hard gales with fudden gufts , which obliged us to strike our top - gallant - mafts , and get up our flumps ; but this day it blew a ftorm , with a terrible sea , and the ship laboured fo much , that , to eafe her , I ordered the two ...
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... gradually subfided . The Tamar split her main fail , but as fhe was to leeward of us , fhe had more time to prepare . In a fhort time it began to blow very hard again , C 2 1764 . November . again , fo that we reefed ROUND THE WORLD . IL.
... gradually subfided . The Tamar split her main fail , but as fhe was to leeward of us , fhe had more time to prepare . In a fhort time it began to blow very hard again , C 2 1764 . November . again , fo that we reefed ROUND THE WORLD . IL.
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... hard at S. W. by S. fo that we brought Saturday 17. to for the night under our main fail . In the morning we made fail again , but we had a great fea ; and although it was 1764 . November . Saturday 17 . was now almost L2 COMMODORE ...
... hard at S. W. by S. fo that we brought Saturday 17. to for the night under our main fail . In the morning we made fail again , but we had a great fea ; and although it was 1764 . November . Saturday 17 . was now almost L2 COMMODORE ...
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... hard , and faw se- veral large columns of smoke rifing in many places , but no tree or bush , the country resembling in appearance the bar- ren downs of England . We observed also that the water was frequently very fhallow at the ...
... hard , and faw se- veral large columns of smoke rifing in many places , but no tree or bush , the country resembling in appearance the bar- ren downs of England . We observed also that the water was frequently very fhallow at the ...
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... hard the greater part of this day , and there ran an ugly fea where we were ftationed , yet I ordered out two boats to found the harbour , and attended in my own boat myself . We found it very narrow for near two miles , with a tide ...
... hard the greater part of this day , and there ran an ugly fea where we were ftationed , yet I ordered out two boats to found the harbour , and attended in my own boat myself . We found it very narrow for near two miles , with a tide ...
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