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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... hard gales with fudden gufts , which obliged us to ftrike our top - gallant - mafts , and get up our ftumps ; but this day it blew a storm , with a terrible sea , and the ship laboured fo much , that , to ease her , I ordered the two ...
... hard gales with fudden gufts , which obliged us to ftrike our top - gallant - mafts , and get up our ftumps ; but this day it blew a storm , with a terrible sea , and the ship laboured fo much , that , to ease her , I ordered the two ...
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... hard at S. W. by S. fo that we brought to for the night Saturday 17. under our main fail . In the morning we made fail again , but we had a great fea ; and although it was 1764 . November . was now almost midfummer in these -14 ...
... hard at S. W. by S. fo that we brought to for the night Saturday 17. under our main fail . In the morning we made fail again , but we had a great fea ; and although it was 1764 . November . was now almost midfummer in these -14 ...
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... hard , and saw se- veral large columns of smoke rifing in many places , but no tree or bufh , the country refembling in ap . pearance the barren downs of England . We ob- ferved also that the water was frequently very fhal- low at the ...
... hard , and saw se- veral large columns of smoke rifing in many places , but no tree or bufh , the country refembling in ap . pearance the barren downs of England . We ob- ferved also that the water was frequently very fhal- low at the ...
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... hard the greater part of this day , and there ran an ugly fea where we were stationed , yet I ordered our two boats to found the harbour , and attended in my own boat myself . We found it very narrow for near two miles , with a tide run ...
... hard the greater part of this day , and there ran an ugly fea where we were stationed , yet I ordered our two boats to found the harbour , and attended in my own boat myself . We found it very narrow for near two miles , with a tide run ...
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... hard flaws , and in a fhort time , our anchor com- ing home , the fhip tailed on fhore against a steep gravelly beach . The anchoring ground indeed as far as we had yet founded was bad , being very hard ; fo that , in this fituation ...
... hard flaws , and in a fhort time , our anchor com- ing home , the fhip tailed on fhore against a steep gravelly beach . The anchoring ground indeed as far as we had yet founded was bad , being very hard ; fo that , in this fituation ...
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