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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... . N. NEAPED , the fituation of a fhip which is left aground on the height of a spring tide , fo that fhe can- not be floated off till the return of the next spring . 0 . 0 . OFFING , implies out at fea ; or xlvi AN EXPLANATION OF.
... . N. NEAPED , the fituation of a fhip which is left aground on the height of a spring tide , fo that fhe can- not be floated off till the return of the next spring . 0 . 0 . OFFING , implies out at fea ; or xlvi AN EXPLANATION OF.
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... tide - way , at the beginning of the flood or ebb . THWART , the feat or bench of a boat whereon the rowers fit to manage the oars . TILER , the bar or lever employed to turn the rudder in fteering . TIMBERS , the ribs of a ship ...
... tide - way , at the beginning of the flood or ebb . THWART , the feat or bench of a boat whereon the rowers fit to manage the oars . TILER , the bar or lever employed to turn the rudder in fteering . TIMBERS , the ribs of a ship ...
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... tide I had ever known . I came to an anchor off the harbour in nine fathom , the entrance of the river being open , and bearing W. S. W. Penguin Island S. E. E. diftant about three leagues ; the Steeple rock S. W. by W. the northermost ...
... tide I had ever known . I came to an anchor off the harbour in nine fathom , the entrance of the river being open , and bearing W. S. W. Penguin Island S. E. E. diftant about three leagues ; the Steeple rock S. W. by W. the northermost ...
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... tide of flood , but I kept my station with the Dol- phin till I should have a leading wind , and the wind fhifting to the eastward , I weighed about five o'clock in the afternoon , intending to go up with the evening flood : before I ...
... tide of flood , but I kept my station with the Dol- phin till I should have a leading wind , and the wind fhifting to the eastward , I weighed about five o'clock in the afternoon , intending to go up with the evening flood : before I ...
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... tide running like a fluice , it was with the utmoft difficulty that we could carry an anchor out to heave us off ; however , after about four hours hard labour , this was effected , and the fhip floated in the ftream . As there was only ...
... tide running like a fluice , it was with the utmoft difficulty that we could carry an anchor out to heave us off ; however , after about four hours hard labour , this was effected , and the fhip floated in the ftream . As there was only ...
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