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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... course till the next day at noon , when we were in latitude 45 ° 16 ' , the fouth point of Banks's Island bearing N. 6 ° 30 ' W. diftant twenty - eight leagues . The va- riation by the azimuth this morning was 15 ° 30 ′ E. As no figns ...
... course till the next day at noon , when we were in latitude 45 ° 16 ' , the fouth point of Banks's Island bearing N. 6 ° 30 ' W. diftant twenty - eight leagues . The va- riation by the azimuth this morning was 15 ° 30 ′ E. As no figns ...
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... course to the W. by S. 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 ...
... course to the W. by S. 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 ...
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... 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 longitude , 1770 ...
... 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 longitude , 1770 ...
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... course , during the laft four and twenty hours . I + We continued to steer along the shore , in the direction of N. E. E. till fix o'clock in the evening , when we brought to Thursday 15. for the night . At four in the morning , we ...
... course , during the laft four and twenty hours . I + We continued to steer along the shore , in the direction of N. E. E. till fix o'clock in the evening , when we brought to Thursday 15. for the night . At four in the morning , we ...
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... course the land took on the other fide of it , we brought to in thirty - four fathom , at the distance of about one league from the fhore . At eight in the evening , there being little wind , we filled and stood on till midnight , and ...
... course the land took on the other fide of it , we brought to in thirty - four fathom , at the distance of about one league from the fhore . At eight in the evening , there being little wind , we filled and stood on till midnight , and ...
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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