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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... most able navigators in Europe , Your Majesty has , not with a view to the acquifition of treasure , or the extent of dominion , but the improvement of commerce and the increase and diffusion of knowlege , undertaken what has fo long ...
... most able navigators in Europe , Your Majesty has , not with a view to the acquifition of treasure , or the extent of dominion , but the improvement of commerce and the increase and diffusion of knowlege , undertaken what has fo long ...
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... will always be retained with the warmest gratitude , by BROMLEY , KENT , ift May 1773 . YOUR MAJESTY'S Most faithful , and moft obliged Subject and Servant , JOHN HAWKESWORT H. OF THE FIRST VOL U M E. GENERAL INTRODUCTION . DEDICATION .
... will always be retained with the warmest gratitude , by BROMLEY , KENT , ift May 1773 . YOUR MAJESTY'S Most faithful , and moft obliged Subject and Servant , JOHN HAWKESWORT H. OF THE FIRST VOL U M E. GENERAL INTRODUCTION . DEDICATION .
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... most frequent in the account of the voyage of the Endeavour , and the principal reafon is , that although it ftands laft in the feries , great part of it was printed before the others were written , fo that fe- veral remarks , which ...
... most frequent in the account of the voyage of the Endeavour , and the principal reafon is , that although it ftands laft in the feries , great part of it was printed before the others were written , fo that fe- veral remarks , which ...
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... in this country . The most effectual way to prevent obfcurity and confufion in relating events , is to range them in order of time , which however b 2 • $ however cannot be done in an unbroken feries when GENERAL INTRODUCTION vii.
... in this country . The most effectual way to prevent obfcurity and confufion in relating events , is to range them in order of time , which however b 2 • $ however cannot be done in an unbroken feries when GENERAL INTRODUCTION vii.
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... most fincerely wish that a fouthern continent may be found , as I am confident nothing else can make him happy and good - humoured . In the mean time I affure him that I have no concern in the question , that I have not advanced any ...
... most fincerely wish that a fouthern continent may be found , as I am confident nothing else can make him happy and good - humoured . In the mean time I affure him that I have no concern in the question , that I have not advanced any ...
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