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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... reason to believe , that all the parties have spoken truth , each of them faithfully reporting what he faw , and there- fore that the existence of a gigantic race in these parts is a real fact , not to be queftioned merely because they ...
... reason to believe , that all the parties have spoken truth , each of them faithfully reporting what he faw , and there- fore that the existence of a gigantic race in these parts is a real fact , not to be queftioned merely because they ...
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... reason probably is , that being , like other Indian nations , defirous to conceal themfelves from ftrangers , they re- tired to the mountains . It is indeed to be regretted , that no skeleton of these people has been brought into Europe ...
... reason probably is , that being , like other Indian nations , defirous to conceal themfelves from ftrangers , they re- tired to the mountains . It is indeed to be regretted , that no skeleton of these people has been brought into Europe ...
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... reason to fear that the anchor fhould come home before the ship can be brought up . While we were on fhore , it began to blow very hard , and the tide running like a fluice , it was with the utmost difficulty that we could carry an ...
... reason to fear that the anchor fhould come home before the ship can be brought up . While we were on fhore , it began to blow very hard , and the tide running like a fluice , it was with the utmost difficulty that we could carry an ...
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... reason to fear that our cables would part , which however did not happen . In the mean time , fome of our people that were on fhore with the carpenters , who were repairing the cutter on the fouth fide of the bay , found two more ...
... reason to fear that our cables would part , which however did not happen . In the mean time , fome of our people that were on fhore with the carpenters , who were repairing the cutter on the fouth fide of the bay , found two more ...
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... reason to hope the mast would be as ferviceable as ever . Cape Virgin Mary now bore S. 62 W. diftant twenty- one leagues , and our latitude was 51 ° 50 ' S. , longitude 69 ° 56 W .; the variation 20 ° E. On the 9th , having failed S. 67 ...
... reason to hope the mast would be as ferviceable as ever . Cape Virgin Mary now bore S. 62 W. diftant twenty- one leagues , and our latitude was 51 ° 50 ' S. , longitude 69 ° 56 W .; the variation 20 ° E. On the 9th , having failed S. 67 ...
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