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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... five leagues ; and the fnowy mountain S. 83 W. At noon on the 13th , we found ourselves in the latitude of 42 ° 2 S .; Cape Pallifer bearing N. 20 E. distant eight leagues . In the afternoon , a fresh gale sprung up at N. E. and we ...
... five leagues ; and the fnowy mountain S. 83 W. At noon on the 13th , we found ourselves in the latitude of 42 ° 2 S .; Cape Pallifer bearing N. 20 E. distant eight leagues . In the afternoon , a fresh gale sprung up at N. E. and we ...
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... five Banks's leagues from the coast of Tovy Poenammoo ; the fouth point bears S. 21 W. from the highest peak on the fnowy mountain , and lies in latitude 43 ° 32 ′ S. and in longitude . 186 ° 30 ′ W. by an observation of the fun and ...
... five Banks's leagues from the coast of Tovy Poenammoo ; the fouth point bears S. 21 W. from the highest peak on the fnowy mountain , and lies in latitude 43 ° 32 ′ S. and in longitude . 186 ° 30 ′ W. by an observation of the fun and ...
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... five miles from the fea , is low and flat ; but it then rifes into hills of a confiderable height . It appeared to be totally barren , and we faw no signs of its being inhabited . Our latitude , at noon , was 44 ° 44 ′ ; and the ...
... five miles from the fea , is low and flat ; but it then rifes into hills of a confiderable height . It appeared to be totally barren , and we faw no signs of its being inhabited . Our latitude , at noon , was 44 ° 44 ′ ; and the ...
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... five fathom . While we were becalmed , Mr. Banks , being out in the boat , fhot two Port Egmont hens , which were in every refpect the fame as thofe that are found in great numbers upon the island of Faro , and were the firft of the ...
... five fathom . While we were becalmed , Mr. Banks , being out in the boat , fhot two Port Egmont hens , which were in every refpect the fame as thofe that are found in great numbers upon the island of Faro , and were the firft of the ...
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... five o'clock in the evening , when it fixed at W. S. W. and foon blew fo hard that it put us paft our topfails , and split the- forefail all to pieces : after getting another to the yard , we continued to ftand to the fouthward under ...
... five o'clock in the evening , when it fixed at W. S. W. and foon blew fo hard that it put us paft our topfails , and split the- forefail all to pieces : after getting another to the yard , we continued to ftand to the fouthward under ...
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