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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... never went on fhore . He gave the country the name of STAATEN LAND , or the land of the States , in honour of the States - General , and it is now generally distinguished in our maps and charts by the name of NEW ZEALAND . As the whole ...
... never went on fhore . He gave the country the name of STAATEN LAND , or the land of the States , in honour of the States - General , and it is now generally distinguished in our maps and charts by the name of NEW ZEALAND . As the whole ...
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... never faw them . The dogs live with the people , who breed them for no other purpose than to eat : there might indeed be quadrupeds that we did not fee , but this is not probable , because the chief pride of the natives , with respect ...
... never faw them . The dogs live with the people , who breed them for no other purpose than to eat : there might indeed be quadrupeds that we did not fee , but this is not probable , because the chief pride of the natives , with respect ...
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... never feen before , but to all which the feamen very readily gave names ; fo that we talked here as familiarly of hakes , bream , cole - fish , and many others , as we do in Eng- land ; and though they are by no means of the fame family ...
... never feen before , but to all which the feamen very readily gave names ; fo that we talked here as familiarly of hakes , bream , cole - fish , and many others , as we do in Eng- land ; and though they are by no means of the fame family ...
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... never give quarter . It may perhaps , at firft , feem strange , that where there is fo little to be got by victory , there should so often be war ; and that every little diftrict of à country inhabited by people fo mild and placid ...
... never give quarter . It may perhaps , at firft , feem strange , that where there is fo little to be got by victory , there should so often be war ; and that every little diftrict of à country inhabited by people fo mild and placid ...
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... never confented but with the utmost reluctance and fhame . When they have only their upper garment on , and fit upon their hams , they bear fome resemblance to a thatched houfe ; but this cover- ing , though it is ugly , is well adapted ...
... never confented but with the utmost reluctance and fhame . When they have only their upper garment on , and fit upon their hams , they bear fome resemblance to a thatched houfe ; but this cover- ing , though it is ugly , is well adapted ...
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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