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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... Friday the 9th of Fe-- bruary , having tacked , we flood S. W. and continued to make fail to the fouthward till sunset on the 11th , when a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the ...
... Friday the 9th of Fe-- bruary , having tacked , we flood S. W. and continued to make fail to the fouthward till sunset on the 11th , when a fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the ...
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... Friday 16 . 2 At day - break on the 16th , we discovered land bearing S. by W. and seemingly detached from the coast we were upon . About eight , a breeze fprung up , at N. by E. and we fteered directly for it . At noon , we were in ...
... Friday 16 . 2 At day - break on the 16th , we discovered land bearing S. by W. and seemingly detached from the coast we were upon . About eight , a breeze fprung up , at N. by E. and we fteered directly for it . At noon , we were in ...
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... Friday 23 pecting wind from the fame quarter , we kept plying be- tween seven and fifteen leagues from the fhore , having from feventy to forty - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude ...
... Friday 23 pecting wind from the fame quarter , we kept plying be- tween seven and fifteen leagues from the fhore , having from feventy to forty - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude ...
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... Friday 23 . Saturday 24 . Sunday 25 . calm ; but a light breeze then fpringing up at E.N.E. we steered S.S.E. all night , edging off from the land , the hollow fwell fill continuing ; our depth of water was from fixty to feventy - five ...
... Friday 23 . Saturday 24 . Sunday 25 . calm ; but a light breeze then fpringing up at E.N.E. we steered S.S.E. all night , edging off from the land , the hollow fwell fill continuing ; our depth of water was from fixty to feventy - five ...
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... Friday 2 . Saturday 3 . Sunday 4 . Monday 5 . and flood to the northward : in the afternoon , we found the variation to be 16 ° 34 ′ E. At eight in the evening , we tacked and stood to the fouthward , with the wind at west . At noon ...
... Friday 2 . Saturday 3 . Sunday 4 . Monday 5 . and flood to the northward : in the afternoon , we found the variation to be 16 ° 34 ′ E. At eight in the evening , we tacked and stood to the fouthward , with the wind at west . At noon ...
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