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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... rocks , and by the observation of Dr. Heberden , lies in the latitude of 32 ° 33 ′ 33 ′′ N. and lon- gitude 16 ° 49 ′ W. It is fituated in the bottom of a bay , and though larger than the extent of the island seems to deserve , very ill ...
... rocks , and by the observation of Dr. Heberden , lies in the latitude of 32 ° 33 ′ 33 ′′ N. and lon- gitude 16 ° 49 ′ W. It is fituated in the bottom of a bay , and though larger than the extent of the island seems to deserve , very ill ...
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... 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 by our obfervation lies in latitude 16 N. and longitude 21 ° 51 ′ Weft . October , Saturday 1 . On the ...
... 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 by our obfervation lies in latitude 16 N. and longitude 21 ° 51 ′ Weft . October , Saturday 1 . On the ...
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... rock , fine fand , and shells ; we therefore fuppofed that we had paffed over the tail of the great fhoal which is laid down in all our charts by the name of Abrothos , on which Lord Anfon ftruck foundings in his paffage outwards : at ...
... rock , fine fand , and shells ; we therefore fuppofed that we had paffed over the tail of the great fhoal which is laid down in all our charts by the name of Abrothos , on which Lord Anfon ftruck foundings in his paffage outwards : at ...
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... rocks which ran out juft to leeward of where we lay after waiting some hours in the utmost anxiety , we gave them over for loft , but about three o'clock the next morning had the fatisfaction to fee all the Monday 21 people come on ...
... rocks which ran out juft to leeward of where we lay after waiting some hours in the utmost anxiety , we gave them over for loft , but about three o'clock the next morning had the fatisfaction to fee all the Monday 21 people come on ...
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... rock that lies clofe to the main ; the diftance between them is about of a mile , but the channel is not quite so broad , be- cause there are funken rocks which lie off each fort , and in this part alone there is danger : the narrownefs ...
... rock that lies clofe to the main ; the diftance between them is about of a mile , but the channel is not quite so broad , be- cause there are funken rocks which lie off each fort , and in this part alone there is danger : the narrownefs ...
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