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 3W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1773 |
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... saw no ap- pearance of inhabitants . At noon , Cape Saunders bore N. 30 W .. distant about four leagues .. We had variable winds and calms till five o'clock in the evening , when it fixed at W. S. W. and foon blew fo hard that it put us ...
... saw no ap- pearance of inhabitants . At noon , Cape Saunders bore N. 30 W .. distant about four leagues .. We had variable winds and calms till five o'clock in the evening , when it fixed at W. S. W. and foon blew fo hard that it put us ...
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... and in two hours we saw high land over the low land , extending to the fouthward as far as S. W. by S .; but it did not appear to be joined to the 2 2 land to the northward , fo that there is either 2 land 16 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
... and in two hours we saw high land over the low land , extending to the fouthward as far as S. W. by S .; but it did not appear to be joined to the 2 2 land to the northward , fo that there is either 2 land 16 LIEUTENANT COOK's VOYAGE.
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... saw land a - head , upon which we tacked and flood off till fix , when we flood in to take a nearer view of it : at eleven we were within three leagues of it , but the wind seeming to incline upon the fhore , I tacked and stood off to ...
... saw land a - head , upon which we tacked and flood off till fix , when we flood in to take a nearer view of it : at eleven we were within three leagues of it , but the wind seeming to incline upon the fhore , I tacked and stood off to ...
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... saw foon afterwards ; at noon , our latitude , by account , was 41 ° 37 ′ , and our longitude from Cape Weft 5 ° 42 ′ E. We were now within three or four leagues of the land , but it being foggy , we could fee nothing upon it distinctly ...
... saw foon afterwards ; at noon , our latitude , by account , was 41 ° 37 ′ , and our longitude from Cape Weft 5 ° 42 ′ E. We were now within three or four leagues of the land , but it being foggy , we could fee nothing upon it distinctly ...
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... saw that day , and the eaftermoft which we faw on the 13th , there is a space of about fix or eight leagues , of which we did not fee the coaft , though we plainly discovered the mountains in- land . The fea coaft near Cape Weft is low ...
... saw that day , and the eaftermoft which we faw on the 13th , there is a space of about fix or eight leagues , of which we did not fee the coaft , though we plainly discovered the mountains in- land . The fea coaft near Cape Weft is low ...
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abreaſt afhore againſt alfo almoſt alſo anchor appeared Auguft Banks Batavia becauſe befides beſt boat bore Botany Bay breeze called Cape Cape Grafton Cape Saunders cloſe coaft coaſt confiderable confifts courſe diftant diſcovered diſtance Dutch eaſt eight Endeavour River Engliſh faid fame fandy fathom fathom water feemed feen fent feven feveral fhip fhoals fhore fide figns firft firſt fiſh fituation fmall fome fometimes foon four leagues fouth fouthward freſh fteered ftill fuch houſes Indians inhabitants iſlands juſt land in fight latitude leaſt lefs leſs longitude miles Monday morning moſt muſt natives night noon northermoft northward o'clock obfervation paffage paffed perfon pinnace purpoſe reaſon reſembling round ſaw ſcarcely ſeemed ſeen Semau ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſmall ſmoke ſome ſtood ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thoſe three leagues Thurſday trees Tueſday turtle uſe Wednef weft weftward weſt wind yawl