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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... hundred and fifty fathom . At noon , we faw Cape Saunders bearing N. W .; and our latitude by.ob- fervation was 46 ° 31 ' S. At half an hour paft one o'clock , we faw land bearing W. by S. which we steered for , and be- fore it was dark ...
... hundred and fifty fathom . At noon , we faw Cape Saunders bearing N. W .; and our latitude by.ob- fervation was 46 ° 31 ' S. At half an hour paft one o'clock , we faw land bearing W. by S. which we steered for , and be- fore it was dark ...
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... hundred species , that have hitherto been described by any botanists , or had been seen elsewhere during the course of this voyage , except about five or fix which had been gathered at Terra del Fuego .. Of eatable vegetables there are ...
... hundred species , that have hitherto been described by any botanists , or had been seen elsewhere during the course of this voyage , except about five or fix which had been gathered at Terra del Fuego .. Of eatable vegetables there are ...
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... hundred , which at first fight appeared to be exactly the fame , no two were , upon a close examination , found to be alike . We obferved , that the quantity and form of these marks were different in different parts of the coaft , and ...
... hundred , which at first fight appeared to be exactly the fame , no two were , upon a close examination , found to be alike . We obferved , that the quantity and form of these marks were different in different parts of the coaft , and ...
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... hundred armed men . We measured one which lay afhore at Tolaga : he was fixty- eight feet and an half long , five feet broad , and three feet and an half deep ; the bottom was fharp , with ftrait fides like a wedge , and confifted of ...
... hundred armed men . We measured one which lay afhore at Tolaga : he was fixty- eight feet and an half long , five feet broad , and three feet and an half deep ; the bottom was fharp , with ftrait fides like a wedge , and confifted of ...
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... hundred paddles ftruck against the fides of their boats at once , so as to produce but a fingle found , at the divifions of their music . T A fong not altogether unlike this , they fometimes fing without the dance , and as a peaceable ...
... hundred paddles ftruck against the fides of their boats at once , so as to produce but a fingle found , at the divifions of their music . T A fong not altogether unlike this , they fometimes fing without the dance , and as a peaceable ...
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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