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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... fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the weather was clear we had a good view . Between the foot of the high land and the sea there is a low flat border , off which there are fome ...
... fresh breeze at N. E. had carried us back again the length of Cape Pallifer , of which as the weather was clear we had a good view . Between the foot of the high land and the sea there is a low flat border , off which there are fome ...
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... fresh gale sprung up at N. E. and we fteered S. W. by W. for the fouthermost land in fight , which at sunset bore from us S. 74 W. At this time the variation was 15 ° 4 ′ E. L 2 14 At eight o'clock in the morning of the 14th , having ...
... fresh gale sprung up at N. E. and we fteered S. W. by W. for the fouthermost land in fight , which at sunset bore from us S. 74 W. At this time the variation was 15 ° 4 ′ E. L 2 14 At eight o'clock in the morning of the 14th , having ...
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... fresh breeze at north : at eight in the evening , we had run eleven leagues , and the land then extended from S. W. by W. to N. by W. We were then distant about three or four leagues from the nearest shore , and in this fituation had ...
... fresh breeze at north : at eight in the evening , we had run eleven leagues , and the land then extended from S. W. by W. to N. by W. We were then distant about three or four leagues from the nearest shore , and in this fituation had ...
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... fresh gale at south . At ten , having run eleven miles upon this courfe , we faw land extending from the S. W. to the N. W. at the distance of about ten leagues , which we hauled up for . At noon , our latitude by obfervation was 44 ...
... fresh gale at south . At ten , having run eleven miles upon this courfe , we faw land extending from the S. W. to the N. W. at the distance of about ten leagues , which we hauled up for . At noon , our latitude by obfervation was 44 ...
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... fresh gale at north ; but though we were at no great dif- tance , the weather was fo hazy that we could fee nothing diftinctly upon it , except a ridge of high hills lying not far from the fea , and parallel to the coaft , which in this ...
... fresh gale at north ; but though we were at no great dif- tance , the weather was fo hazy that we could fee nothing diftinctly upon it , except a ridge of high hills lying not far from the fea , and parallel to the coaft , which in this ...
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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