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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... wind having been variable , with calms , we had advanced no farther by the 12th at noon than latitude 41 ° 52 ' , Cape Pallifer then bearing north , distant about five leagues ; and the fnowy mountain S. 83 W. At noon on the 13th , we ...
... wind having been variable , with calms , we had advanced no farther by the 12th at noon than latitude 41 ° 52 ' , Cape Pallifer then bearing north , distant about five leagues ; and the fnowy mountain S. 83 W. At noon on the 13th , we ...
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... wind from the fame quarter , we kept plying be- tween seven and fifteen leagues from the fhore , having from feventy to forty - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude from Banks's ifland 1 ...
... wind from the fame quarter , we kept plying be- tween seven and fifteen leagues from the fhore , having from feventy to forty - four fathom . At noon , our latitude by observation was 44 ° 40 ′ S. and our longitude from Banks's ifland 1 ...
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... wind freshened , and before noon we had a ftrong gale at N. N. E. At eight in the morning we faw the land extending as far as S. W. by S. and steered directly for it . At noon , we were in latitude 45 ° 22 ' S .; and the land , which ...
... wind freshened , and before noon we had a ftrong gale at N. N. E. At eight in the morning we faw the land extending as far as S. W. by S. and steered directly for it . At noon , we were in latitude 45 ° 22 ' S .; and the land , which ...
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... winds ; but my defire of getting to the fouthward , in order to ascertain whether this country was an island or a ... wind at S. W. and had a very distinct view of it : it is of a moderate height , and the surface is broken by many ...
... winds ; but my defire of getting to the fouthward , in order to ascertain whether this country was an island or a ... wind at S. W. and had a very distinct view of it : it is of a moderate height , and the surface is broken by many ...
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... wind at west . At noon this day , our latitude by account was 47 ° 52 ′ , and our longitude from Cape Saunders 1 ° 8 ' E. We stood to the fouthward till half an hour past three in the afternoon ; and then , being in latitude 48 ° S. and ...
... wind at west . At noon this day , our latitude by account was 47 ° 52 ′ , and our longitude from Cape Saunders 1 ° 8 ' E. We stood to the fouthward till half an hour past three in the afternoon ; and then , being in latitude 48 ° S. and ...
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