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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... rocks that appear above water . Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain , the land near the shore is , in many places , low and flat , and has a green and pleafant appearance ; but far- ther from the fea it rifes into hills . The land ...
... rocks that appear above water . Between this Cape and Cape Turnagain , the land near the shore is , in many places , low and flat , and has a green and pleafant appearance ; but far- ther from the fea it rifes into hills . The land ...
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... rocks , extending from S. by W. to W. by S. upon which the fea broke very high : they were not more than three quarters of a mile distant , yet we had five and forty fathom water . As the wind was at N. W. we could not now weather them ...
... rocks , extending from S. by W. to W. by S. upon which the fea broke very high : they were not more than three quarters of a mile distant , yet we had five and forty fathom water . As the wind was at N. W. we could not now weather them ...
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... rocks , fo well adapted to catch unwary strangers , I called them the TRAPS . Our latitude at noon was 47 ° 26 ′ S. The land in fight , which had the appearance of an island , extended from N. E. by N. to N. W. by W. and feemed to be ...
... rocks , fo well adapted to catch unwary strangers , I called them the TRAPS . Our latitude at noon was 47 ° 26 ′ S. The land in fight , which had the appearance of an island , extended from N. E. by N. to N. W. by W. and feemed to be ...
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... rock about a mile in circuit , re- markably high , and lies full five leagues diftant from the main . This island I named after Dr. Solander , and called it SOLANDER'S ISLAND . The fhore of the main lies nearest E. by S. and W. by N ...
... rock about a mile in circuit , re- markably high , and lies full five leagues diftant from the main . This island I named after Dr. Solander , and called it SOLANDER'S ISLAND . The fhore of the main lies nearest E. by S. and W. by N ...
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... rocks which lie off it , and have the appearance of the four fingers and thumb of a man's hand , for which reafon I called it POINT FIVE FINGERS : the land of this Point is far- ther remarkable , for being the only level land within a ...
... rocks which lie off it , and have the appearance of the four fingers and thumb of a man's hand , for which reafon I called it POINT FIVE FINGERS : the land of this Point is far- ther remarkable , for being the only level land within a ...
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