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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... night we had run eight and twenty miles , when feeing no land , nor any figns of any , but that which we had left , we bore away S. by W. and con- tinued upon that course till the next day at noon , when we were in latitude 45 ° 16 ...
... night we had run eight and twenty miles , when feeing no land , nor any figns of any , but that which we had left , we bore away S. by W. and con- tinued upon that course till the next day at noon , when we were in latitude 45 ° 16 ...
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... night , edging off from the land , the hollow fwell fill continuing ; our depth of water was from fixty to feventy - five fathom . While we were becalmed , Mr. Banks , being out in the boat , fhot two Port Egmont hens , which were in ...
... night , edging off from the land , the hollow fwell fill continuing ; our depth of water was from fixty to feventy - five fathom . While we were becalmed , Mr. Banks , being out in the boat , fhot two Port Egmont hens , which were in ...
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... night and this morning , but had no ground with one 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 ...
... night and this morning , but had no ground with one 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 ...
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... night . At four in the morning , we had fixty Friday 9 . fathom water ; and at day - light , we discovered under our bow a ledge of rocks , extending from S. by W. to W. by S. upon which the fea broke very high : they were not more than ...
... night . At four in the morning , we had fixty Friday 9 . fathom water ; and at day - light , we discovered under our bow a ledge of rocks , extending from S. by W. to W. by S. upon which the fea broke very high : they were not more than ...
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... night , and discovered the others under our bow at break of day , it is manifeft that our danger was imminent , and our escape critical in the highest degree : from the situation of these rocks , fo well adapted to catch unwary ...
... night , and discovered the others under our bow at break of day , it is manifeft that our danger was imminent , and our escape critical in the highest degree : from the situation of these rocks , fo well adapted to catch unwary ...
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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