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: Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, Band 1W. Strahan, 1785 |
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... Wednef . 4 . were off the Lizard , and made the best of our way with a fine breeze , but had the mortification` to find the Tamar a very heavy failer . In the night of Friday the 6th , the officer of the first watch faw Friday 6 ...
... Wednef . 4 . were off the Lizard , and made the best of our way with a fine breeze , but had the mortification` to find the Tamar a very heavy failer . In the night of Friday the 6th , the officer of the first watch faw Friday 6 ...
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... Wednef . 8 . September . Tuesday 11 . were wet . On Wednesday the 8th , the Tamar fired a gun , upon which we fhortened fail till fhe came up : we found that he had fuffered no damage but the carrying away of her top - fail - yard ...
... Wednef . 8 . September . Tuesday 11 . were wet . On Wednesday the 8th , the Tamar fired a gun , upon which we fhortened fail till fhe came up : we found that he had fuffered no damage but the carrying away of her top - fail - yard ...
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... Wednef . 14 . the gale became more moderate , but we had ftill a great fea , and the wind shifting to S. by W. we ftood to the weftward under our courses . Soon after it was light , the sea appeared as red as blood , being covered with ...
... Wednef . 14 . the gale became more moderate , but we had ftill a great fea , and the wind shifting to S. by W. we ftood to the weftward under our courses . Soon after it was light , the sea appeared as red as blood , being covered with ...
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... Wednef 28. morning with fome small cafks called Barecas , and in a few turns they brought on board a tun of water , of which we began to be in great want . In the mean time , I went myself about twelve miles up the river in my boat ...
... Wednef 28. morning with fome small cafks called Barecas , and in a few turns they brought on board a tun of water , of which we began to be in great want . In the mean time , I went myself about twelve miles up the river in my boat ...
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... Wednef . 28 . a ftep without treading upon their eggs . As they kept hovering over our heads at a little dif tance , the men knocked down many of them with ftones and ticks , and carried off several hundreds of their eggs . After fome ...
... Wednef . 28 . a ftep without treading upon their eggs . As they kept hovering over our heads at a little dif tance , the men knocked down many of them with ftones and ticks , and carried off several hundreds of their eggs . After fome ...
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