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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... whole island was , at fome remote period , thrown up by the explosion of fubterraneous ' fire , as every stone , whether whole or in frag- ments , that we faw upon it appeared to have been burnt , and even the fand itself to be nothing ...
... whole island was , at fome remote period , thrown up by the explosion of fubterraneous ' fire , as every stone , whether whole or in frag- ments , that we faw upon it appeared to have been burnt , and even the fand itself to be nothing ...
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... whole vin- tage is very often spoiled by the number of bad grapes which are mixed in the vat , and which they will not throw out , because they increase the quantity of the wine : an inftance of the force of habit , which is the more ...
... whole vin- tage is very often spoiled by the number of bad grapes which are mixed in the vat , and which they will not throw out , because they increase the quantity of the wine : an inftance of the force of habit , which is the more ...
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John Hawkesworth. fingular curiofity of another kind ; a small chapel , the whole lining of which , both fides and cieling , is compofed of hu- man sculls and thigh bones ; the thigh bones are laid across each other , and a fcull is ...
John Hawkesworth. fingular curiofity of another kind ; a small chapel , the whole lining of which , both fides and cieling , is compofed of hu- man sculls and thigh bones ; the thigh bones are laid across each other , and a fcull is ...
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... whole of our vifit , which lafted about half an hour . The hills of this country are very high ; the highest , Pico Ruivo , rifes 5,068 feet , near an English mile , perpendicu- larly from its base , which is much higher than any land ...
... whole of our vifit , which lafted about half an hour . The hills of this country are very high ; the highest , Pico Ruivo , rifes 5,068 feet , near an English mile , perpendicu- larly from its base , which is much higher than any land ...
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... whole fhip's company ; the falt was not wanted . The fea provifion of these fishermen confifted of nothing more than a cafk of water , and a bag of Caffada flour , which they called Farinha de Pao , or wooden flour , which indeed is a ...
... whole fhip's company ; the falt was not wanted . The fea provifion of these fishermen confifted of nothing more than a cafk of water , and a bag of Caffada flour , which they called Farinha de Pao , or wooden flour , which indeed is a ...
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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