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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... brought us under our close reefed topfails . At eight the Monday 19. next morning , having run twenty - eight leagues upon a W. by N. N. courfe , and judging ourselves to be to the weftward of the land of Tovy Poenammoo , we bore away ...
... brought us under our close reefed topfails . At eight the Monday 19. next morning , having run twenty - eight leagues upon a W. by N. N. courfe , and judging ourselves to be to the weftward of the land of Tovy Poenammoo , we bore away ...
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... brought to for the- night . At this time , the point bore weft , and was diftant about five miles : our depth of water was thirty - seven fa- thom , and the bottom confifted of fmall pebbles . At day - break , having made fail , the ...
... brought to for the- night . At this time , the point bore weft , and was diftant about five miles : our depth of water was thirty - seven fa- thom , and the bottom confifted of fmall pebbles . At day - break , having made fail , the ...
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... brought us under our courses , but about eight in the morning it became moderate ; and at noon , veering to the weft , we tacked and flood to the northward , having no land in fight . Our latitude , by obfervation , was 47 ° 33 ′ S. our ...
... brought us under our courses , but about eight in the morning it became moderate ; and at noon , veering to the weft , we tacked and flood to the northward , having no land in fight . Our latitude , by obfervation , was 47 ° 33 ′ S. our ...
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... brought to for the night , we made fail along the Wednes . 14 . shore at four in the morning , in the direction of N. E. 1 N. with a moderate breeze at S.S.E. At noon , our latitude , by obfervation , was 45 ° 13 ′ S. At this time ...
... brought to for the night , we made fail along the Wednes . 14 . shore at four in the morning , in the direction of N. E. 1 N. with a moderate breeze at S.S.E. At noon , our latitude , by obfervation , was 45 ° 13 ′ S. At this time ...
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... brought to Thursday 15. for the night . At four in the morning , we stood in for the land , and when the day broke we faw what appeared to be an inlet ; but upon a nearer approach proved to be only a deep valley between two high lands ...
... brought to Thursday 15. for the night . At four in the morning , we stood in for the land , and when the day broke we faw what appeared to be an inlet ; but upon a nearer approach proved to be only a deep valley between two high lands ...
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