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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... length determined them to quit it as a fettled habitation , returning only at particular feafons of the year , and taking up their conftant refidence in the interior part of the country . Lord Anfon was of opinion , that they refided ...
... length determined them to quit it as a fettled habitation , returning only at particular feafons of the year , and taking up their conftant refidence in the interior part of the country . Lord Anfon was of opinion , that they refided ...
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... length , a hundred and twenty fathom . CAP , a ftrong , thick block of wood , ufed to confine two mafts together , when the one is erected at the head of the other , in order to lengthen it . It is for this pur- pose furnished with two ...
... length , a hundred and twenty fathom . CAP , a ftrong , thick block of wood , ufed to confine two mafts together , when the one is erected at the head of the other , in order to lengthen it . It is for this pur- pose furnished with two ...
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... length , and ferving to extend the bottom of the jib , and the stay of the fore - top- gallant - maft . K. KEDGE , a small anchor , ufed to keep a fhip fteady whilft the rides in a harbour or river . Falfe KEEL , a ftrong , thick piece ...
... length , and ferving to extend the bottom of the jib , and the stay of the fore - top- gallant - maft . K. KEDGE , a small anchor , ufed to keep a fhip fteady whilft the rides in a harbour or river . Falfe KEEL , a ftrong , thick piece ...
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... length of the cable , drawn up on the deck , before the anchor is caft loofe from the bow , to let it fink to the bottom , without being inter- rupted , that the flukes may be forced the deeper into the ground , by the additional weight ...
... length of the cable , drawn up on the deck , before the anchor is caft loofe from the bow , to let it fink to the bottom , without being inter- rupted , that the flukes may be forced the deeper into the ground , by the additional weight ...
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... length , at diffe- rent heights , and ferving to reinforce the decks , and form the curves by which the veffel appears light and graceful on the water . WARP , a small rope employed occafionally to remove a fhip from one place to ...
... length , at diffe- rent heights , and ferving to reinforce the decks , and form the curves by which the veffel appears light and graceful on the water . WARP , a small rope employed occafionally to remove a fhip from one place to ...
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