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: Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, Band 4W. Strahan, 1785 |
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... fathom . At noon on the 16th , we were in lati- tude 39 ° 45 ′ S. , longitude 208 ° W. At about two o'clock the wind came about to the W. S. W. upon which we tacked and stood to the N. W .; foon after , a small land - bird perch- ed ...
... fathom . At noon on the 16th , we were in lati- tude 39 ° 45 ′ S. , longitude 208 ° W. At about two o'clock the wind came about to the W. S. W. upon which we tacked and stood to the N. W .; foon after , a small land - bird perch- ed ...
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... fathom . In the morning of the 18th , we faw two Port Wednes . 18 . Egmont hens , and a pintado bird , which are certain figns of approaching land , and indeed by our reckoning we could not be far from it , for our longitude was now one ...
... fathom . In the morning of the 18th , we faw two Port Wednes . 18 . Egmont hens , and a pintado bird , which are certain figns of approaching land , and indeed by our reckoning we could not be far from it , for our longitude was now one ...
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... fathom water , and a fine fandy bottom . The northermoft land in fight then bore N. by E. E. , and a small island lying close to a point on the main bore W. diftant two leagues . This point , which I called CAPE Howe , may be known by ...
... fathom water , and a fine fandy bottom . The northermoft land in fight then bore N. by E. E. , and a small island lying close to a point on the main bore W. diftant two leagues . This point , which I called CAPE Howe , may be known by ...
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... fathom water , with a clear fandy bottom , and stood on under an easy fail till twelve , when we brought to for the night , and had ninety fathom water . At four in the morning , we made fail again , at the distance of about five ...
... fathom water , with a clear fandy bottom , and stood on under an easy fail till twelve , when we brought to for the night , and had ninety fathom water . At four in the morning , we made fail again , at the distance of about five ...
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... fathom water with a fandy bottom . At fix in the evening , the wind falling , we hauled off E. N. E. and at this time the northermoft land in fight bore N. by E. E. At midnight , being in seventy fathom water , we brought to till four ...
... fathom water with a fandy bottom . At fix in the evening , the wind falling , we hauled off E. N. E. and at this time the northermoft land in fight bore N. by E. E. At midnight , being in seventy fathom water , we brought to till four ...
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