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 2W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1773 - 676 Seiten |
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... saw Wednef . 31 . several of the birds which the failors call Mother Carey's 3 Chickens , 1768 . September . Thursday 1 . Friday 2 . BOOK L CHAP I The Paffage from Plymouth to Madeira, with fome Account of that land Page.
... saw Wednef . 31 . several of the birds which the failors call Mother Carey's 3 Chickens , 1768 . September . Thursday 1 . Friday 2 . BOOK L CHAP I The Paffage from Plymouth to Madeira, with fome Account of that land Page.
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... saw the islands called the Salvages , to the north of the Canaries ; when the prin- Wednef . 21. cipal of thefe bore S. W. at the distance of about five leagues we found the variation of the compass by an azimuth to be 17o 50 ' . I make ...
... saw the islands called the Salvages , to the north of the Canaries ; when the prin- Wednef . 21. cipal of thefe bore S. W. at the distance of about five leagues we found the variation of the compass by an azimuth to be 17o 50 ' . I make ...
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... saw Bona Visla , Friday 30 . one of the Cape de Verd Islands ; we ranged the cast side of it , at the distance of three or four miles from the fhore , till we were obliged to haul off to avoid a ledge of rocks which ftretch out S. W. by ...
... saw Bona Visla , Friday 30 . one of the Cape de Verd Islands ; we ranged the cast side of it , at the distance of three or four miles from the fhore , till we were obliged to haul off to avoid a ledge of rocks which ftretch out S. W. by ...
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... saw here had , either immediately or remotely , communicated with the inhabi- tants of Europe . There are , however , other quadrupeds in this part of the country ; for when Mr. Banks was at the top VOL . II . I of 1769 . January . 1769 ...
... saw here had , either immediately or remotely , communicated with the inhabi- tants of Europe . There are , however , other quadrupeds in this part of the country ; for when Mr. Banks was at the top VOL . II . I of 1769 . January . 1769 ...
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... saw it at that feafon might per- haps be easily deceived , by its appearance , into an opinion that it was deftitute of wood . Lord Anson was there in the beginning of March , which answers to our September ; and we were there the ...
... saw it at that feafon might per- haps be easily deceived , by its appearance , into an opinion that it was deftitute of wood . Lord Anson was there in the beginning of March , which answers to our September ; and we were there the ...
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