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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... these people had heard nothing of us , and could not but remark the different behaviour and dispositions of the inhabitants of the different parts of this coaft upon their first approaching the vessel . These kept aloof with a mixture ...
... these people had heard nothing of us , and could not but remark the different behaviour and dispositions of the inhabitants of the different parts of this coaft upon their first approaching the vessel . These kept aloof with a mixture ...
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... these hills are the mountains , extending in another ridge of a ftupendous height , and confifting of rocks that are totally barren and naked , except where they are covered with fnow , which is to be seen in large patches upon many ...
... these hills are the mountains , extending in another ridge of a ftupendous height , and confifting of rocks that are totally barren and naked , except where they are covered with fnow , which is to be seen in large patches upon many ...
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... These iflands are fituated between the latitudes of 34 ° and 48 ° S. and between the longitudes of 181 ° and 194 ° W. which is now determined with uncommon exactness , from innu-- merable obfervations of the fun and moon , and one of ...
... These iflands are fituated between the latitudes of 34 ° and 48 ° S. and between the longitudes of 181 ° and 194 ° W. which is now determined with uncommon exactness , from innu-- merable obfervations of the fun and moon , and one of ...
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... these islands is called by the natives Eaheinomauwe , and the fouthermoft Tovy , or Tavai Poe- nammoo ; yet , as I have obferved before , we are not fure whether the name Tovy Poenammoo comprehends the whole fouthern ifland , or only ...
... these islands is called by the natives Eaheinomauwe , and the fouthermoft Tovy , or Tavai Poe- nammoo ; yet , as I have obferved before , we are not fure whether the name Tovy Poenammoo comprehends the whole fouthern ifland , or only ...
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... these vallies , and in the plains , of which there are many that are not overgrown with wood , is in general light but fertile , and in the opinion of Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander , as well as of every other gentleman on board , every ...
... these vallies , and in the plains , of which there are many that are not overgrown with wood , is in general light but fertile , and in the opinion of Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander , as well as of every other gentleman on board , every ...
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