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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... latitude 41 ° 52 ' , Cape Pallifer then bearing north , distant about 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 ...
... latitude 41 ° 52 ' , Cape Pallifer then bearing north , distant about 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 ...
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... latitude by obfervation was 42 ° 56 ′ S. and the high land that we were abreast of the preceding noon bore N. N. W. 1⁄2 W. In the afternoon we had a light breeze at N. E. with which we fteered weft , edging in for the land , which was ...
... latitude by obfervation was 42 ° 56 ′ S. and the high land that we were abreast of the preceding noon bore N. N. W. 1⁄2 W. In the afternoon we had a light breeze at N. E. with which we fteered weft , edging in for the land , which was ...
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... latitude 43 ° 32 ′ S. and in longitude . 186 ° 30 ′ W. by an observation of the fun and moon which was made this morning : it is of a circular figure , and about twenty - four leagues in compafs : it is fufficiently high to be feen at ...
... latitude 43 ° 32 ′ S. and in longitude . 186 ° 30 ′ W. by an observation of the fun and moon which was made this morning : it is of a circular figure , and about twenty - four leagues in compafs : it is fufficiently high to be feen at ...
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... 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 of land had yet appeared to the fouthward , and as I ...
... 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 of land had yet appeared to the fouthward , and as I ...
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... latitude , at noon , was 44 ° 44 ′ ; and the longitude which we made from Banks's Island to this place was 2 ° 22 ′ W. During the laft twenty - four hours , though we carried as much fail as the ship would bear , we were driven three ...
... latitude , at noon , was 44 ° 44 ′ ; and the longitude which we made from Banks's Island to this place was 2 ° 22 ′ W. During the laft twenty - four hours , though we carried as much fail as the ship would bear , we were driven three ...
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