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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... observed , had the appear- ance of an ifland , the name of LOOKERS - On .. At eight o'clock in the evening , a breeze fprung up at S. S. W. with which I ftretched off fouth east , because some on . board thought they faw land in that ...
... observed , had the appear- ance of an ifland , the name of LOOKERS - On .. At eight o'clock in the evening , a breeze fprung up at S. S. W. with which I ftretched off fouth east , because some on . board thought they faw land in that ...
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... 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 the distance of twelve or fifteen leagues , and the land has a ...
... 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 the distance of twelve or fifteen leagues , and the land has a ...
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... - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude from Banks's ifland 1 ° 31 ′ W. From this time to fix in the evening it was calm ; 1770 . February . Friday 23 . Saturday 24 . ROUND THE WORLD . 13.
... - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude from Banks's ifland 1 ° 31 ′ W. From this time to fix in the evening it was calm ; 1770 . February . Friday 23 . Saturday 24 . ROUND THE WORLD . 13.
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... observation , was 44 ° 5 , our longitude from Cape Weft 2 ° 8 ′ E. About two , we paft the point which at noon had been diftant ten miles , and found it to consist of high red cliffs , down which there fell a cascade of water in four ...
... observation , was 44 ° 5 , our longitude from Cape Weft 2 ° 8 ′ E. About two , we paft the point which at noon had been diftant ten miles , and found it to consist of high red cliffs , down which there fell a cascade of water in four ...
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... observation , in latitude 42 ° 8 ' , and longi- tude from Cape Weft 5o 5 ′ E. We continued to ftand weftward till two in the morning , Tuesday 200 when we made a trip to the eastward , and afterwards flood : weftward till noon , when ...
... observation , in latitude 42 ° 8 ' , and longi- tude from Cape Weft 5o 5 ′ E. We continued to ftand weftward till two in the morning , Tuesday 200 when we made a trip to the eastward , and afterwards flood : weftward till noon , when ...
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