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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... 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 upon the rigging , but we had no ground with 120 fathom . At eight we wore and stood to the southward till twelve ...
... 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 upon the rigging , but we had no ground with 120 fathom . At eight we wore and stood to the southward till twelve ...
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... wind at S. S. W. till eight , when we made all the fail we could , and bore away along the fhore N. E. for the eastermoft land in fight , being at this time in latitude 37 ° 58 ′ S. , and longitude 210 ° 39 ′ W. The fouthermoft point of ...
... wind at S. S. W. till eight , when we made all the fail we could , and bore away along the fhore N. E. for the eastermoft land in fight , being at this time in latitude 37 ° 58 ′ S. , and longitude 210 ° 39 ′ W. The fouthermoft point of ...
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... wind abated , I had reafon to think it did ; yet as I did not fee it , and as I found this coaft trend N. E. and S. W. or rather more to the eastward , I cannot determine whether it joins to Van Diemen's land or not . At noon , we were ...
... wind abated , I had reafon to think it did ; yet as I did not fee it , and as I found this coaft trend N. E. and S. W. or rather more to the eastward , I cannot determine whether it joins to Van Diemen's land or not . At noon , we were ...
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... wind , and in the afternoon we faw fmoke in feveral places , by which we knew the country to be inhabited . At fix in the evening , we fhortened fail , and founded : we found forty - four fathom water , with a clear fandy bottom , and ...
... wind , and in the afternoon we faw fmoke in feveral places , by which we knew the country to be inhabited . At fix in the evening , we fhortened fail , and founded : we found forty - four fathom water , with a clear fandy bottom , and ...
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... winds , and yet it is the only place where there appeared a probability of finding anchorage up- on the whole coaft ... wind falling , we hauled off E. N. E. and at this time the northermoft land in fight bore N. by E. E. At midnight ...
... winds , and yet it is the only place where there appeared a probability of finding anchorage up- on the whole coaft ... wind falling , we hauled off E. N. E. and at this time the northermoft land in fight bore N. by E. E. At midnight ...
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