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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... hours of the day , with the bearings of different parts of the land while fhe was navigating feas , and examining shores that hitherto have been altogether unknown , in order to ascer- tain her track more minutely than could be done in ...
... hours of the day , with the bearings of different parts of the land while fhe was navigating feas , and examining shores that hitherto have been altogether unknown , in order to ascer- tain her track more minutely than could be done in ...
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... hour of time . LUG - SAIL , a fquare fail , hoifted occafionally on the maft of a boat , or finall veffel , upon a yard which hangs nearly at right angles with the maft . M. -To MAKE the land , is to difcover it from a diftant fituation ...
... hour of time . LUG - SAIL , a fquare fail , hoifted occafionally on the maft of a boat , or finall veffel , upon a yard which hangs nearly at right angles with the maft . M. -To MAKE the land , is to difcover it from a diftant fituation ...
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... hour , and then difappeared . In the evening of Thurfday , July the 12th , we faw the rocks Thursday 12 . near the island of Madeira , which our people call the De- ferters ; from defertes , a name which has been given them- from their ...
... hour , and then difappeared . In the evening of Thurfday , July the 12th , we faw the rocks Thursday 12 . near the island of Madeira , which our people call the De- ferters ; from defertes , a name which has been given them- from their ...
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... unfafe ; a large fwell that rolls in from the fouthward , makes a frightful furf upon the fhore , and there is reafon every hour to expect a tornado , of of which , as it is very violent , and 14 COMMODORE BYRON'S VOYAGE A.
... unfafe ; a large fwell that rolls in from the fouthward , makes a frightful furf upon the fhore , and there is reafon every hour to expect a tornado , of of which , as it is very violent , and 14 COMMODORE BYRON'S VOYAGE A.
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... hours after they were killed . On Thursday the 2d of Auguft , we got again under fail , with a large cargo of fowls , lean goats , and monkies , which the people contrived to procure for old shirts , jackets , and other articles of the ...
... hours after they were killed . On Thursday the 2d of Auguft , we got again under fail , with a large cargo of fowls , lean goats , and monkies , which the people contrived to procure for old shirts , jackets , and other articles of the ...
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