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 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite
... brought letters of recommendation into England , and his merit , being foon known , he obtained an appointment in the British Mufæum , a public inftitution which was then just established ; fuch a companion Mr. Banks con- fidered as an ...
... brought letters of recommendation into England , and his merit , being foon known , he obtained an appointment in the British Mufæum , a public inftitution which was then just established ; fuch a companion Mr. Banks con- fidered as an ...
Seite 2
... brought us under our courfes , washed over - board a small boat belonging to the Boatswain , and drowned three or four dozen of our poultry , which we regretted ftill more . On Friday the 2d of September we faw land , between Cape ...
... brought us under our courfes , washed over - board a small boat belonging to the Boatswain , and drowned three or four dozen of our poultry , which we regretted ftill more . On Friday the 2d of September we faw land , between Cape ...
Seite 3
... brought to him . It was thought extraordinary that no naturalist had hitherto taken notice of the Dagyfa , as the fea abounds with them not twenty leagues from the coaft of Spain ; but , unfortunately for the cause of science , there ...
... brought to him . It was thought extraordinary that no naturalist had hitherto taken notice of the Dagyfa , as the fea abounds with them not twenty leagues from the coaft of Spain ; but , unfortunately for the cause of science , there ...
Seite 6
... brought all the fruit of a vineyard to be of one fort , by engrafting their vines : there feems to be in mind as there is in matter , a kind of vis inertia , which refifts the first impulfe to change . He who proposes to affift the ...
... brought all the fruit of a vineyard to be of one fort , by engrafting their vines : there feems to be in mind as there is in matter , a kind of vis inertia , which refifts the first impulfe to change . He who proposes to affift the ...
Seite 7
... brought to town from the vineyards where it is made , in vessels of goat - skins , which are carried by men upon their heads . The only imitation of a carriage among these people is a board , made fomewhat hollow in the mid- dle , to ...
... brought to town from the vineyards where it is made , in vessels of goat - skins , which are carried by men upon their heads . The only imitation of a carriage among these people is a board , made fomewhat hollow in the mid- dle , to ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwered appeared Banks and Dr beſt boat bread-fruit called canoes Cape Cape Colville cloſe cloth coaft cocoa-nut confiderable confifted cuſtom defirous diftant diſcovered diſtance eaſt expreffed faid fame fathom feemed feen feet fent feven feveral fhip fhore fide fire firft firſt fiſh fituation fmall fome fometimes foon fouth freſh Friday ftill ftones fuch fuppofed harbour himſelf hogs houſe Indians inhabitants iſland juſt land laſt latitude leagues leaſt lefs leſs longitude miles Monday morning moſt muſt natives neceffary noon o'clock Oberea obferved occafion Otaheite paffed perfons pinnace plantains Poverty Bay prefent provifions purchaſed purpoſe reaſon round ſaid Saturday ſaw ſea ſeemed ſeen ſeven ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſmall Solander ſome ſtood Streight ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thoſe Thurſday Tootahah trees Tubourai Tamaide Tueſday Tupia uſed vifit Wednef weft weftward weſt whoſe wind wood