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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... the topfails close Wednef . 28 . reefed . At noon , our latitude was 47 ° 43 ′ , and our longi- tude east from Cape Saunders 2 ° 10. At this time , we wore and : 1770 . February . Wednef . 28 . March . ROUND THE WORLD . 155.
... the topfails close Wednef . 28 . reefed . At noon , our latitude was 47 ° 43 ′ , and our longi- tude east from Cape Saunders 2 ° 10. At this time , we wore and : 1770 . February . Wednef . 28 . March . ROUND THE WORLD . 155.
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... March . Thursday 1 . 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 ...
... March . Thursday 1 . 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 ...
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... March . At noon on the 6th , we were nearly in the fame fituation Tuesday 6 . as at noon on the day before : in the afternoon we found the variation , by feveral azimuths and the amplitude , to be 15 ° 19 ' E. On the 7th at noon , we ...
... March . At noon on the 6th , we were nearly in the fame fituation Tuesday 6 . as at noon on the day before : in the afternoon we found the variation , by feveral azimuths and the amplitude , to be 15 ° 19 ' E. On the 7th at noon , we ...
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... March . Friday 9 . Saturday 10 . 2 night , and discovered the others under our bow at break of day , it is manifeft that our danger was imminent , and our escape critical in the highest degree : from the situation of these rocks , fo ...
... March . Friday 9 . Saturday 10 . 2 night , and discovered the others under our bow at break of day , it is manifeft that our danger was imminent , and our escape critical in the highest degree : from the situation of these rocks , fo ...
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... March . longitude , weft from the South Cape , 59. We flood away N. N. E. close upon a wind , without feeing any land , till two the next morning , when we difcovered an island bearing Sunday 11 . N. W. by N. diftant about five leagues ...
... March . longitude , weft from the South Cape , 59. We flood away N. N. E. close upon a wind , without feeing any land , till two the next morning , when we difcovered an island bearing Sunday 11 . N. W. by N. diftant about five leagues ...
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