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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... distance of about ten leagues from Cape Finister , several birds which have not been described by Linnæus ; they were supposed to have come from Spain , and our gentlemen called the fpecies Motacilla velificans , as they said none but ...
... distance of about ten leagues from Cape Finister , several birds which have not been described by Linnæus ; they were supposed to have come from Spain , and our gentlemen called the fpecies Motacilla velificans , as they said none but ...
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... When Funchiale bore North , 13 East , at the distance of 76 miles , the variation appeared by feveral azimuths to be 16o 30 ' Weft . CHAP . C Vo ... II . 1768 . September . CHA P. II . The Passage ROUND THE WORLD . II.
... When Funchiale bore North , 13 East , at the distance of 76 miles , the variation appeared by feveral azimuths to be 16o 30 ' Weft . CHAP . C Vo ... II . 1768 . September . CHA P. II . The Passage ROUND THE WORLD . II.
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... distance of about five leagues we found the variation of the compass by an azimuth to be 17o 50 ' . I make these islands to lie in latitude 30 ° 11 ' North , and diftant 58 leagues from Funchiale in Madeira , in the direction of S. 16 E ...
... distance of about five leagues we found the variation of the compass by an azimuth to be 17o 50 ' . I make these islands to lie in latitude 30 ° 11 ' North , and diftant 58 leagues from Funchiale in Madeira , in the direction of S. 16 E ...
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... 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 W. from the body , or S. E. point of the island , to the extent of a league and an half . Bona Vista ...
... 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 W. from the body , or S. E. point of the island , to the extent of a league and an half . Bona Vista ...
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... distance from the fhore , which they falted in bulk , in a place made for that purpose in the middle of their boat : of this merchandize they had about two quintals on board , which they offered for about 16 fhil- lings , and would ...
... distance from the fhore , which they falted in bulk , in a place made for that purpose in the middle of their boat : of this merchandize they had about two quintals on board , which they offered for about 16 fhil- lings , and would ...
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