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 Endeavor, Band 1W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773 |
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... saw giants of the fame bulk , who tore up trees by the roots , that were a span in diameter , with great facility ; he alfo faw women that were gigantic , and others of the common ftature . Oliver de Noort reports , that he faw favages ...
... saw giants of the fame bulk , who tore up trees by the roots , that were a span in diameter , with great facility ; he alfo faw women that were gigantic , and others of the common ftature . Oliver de Noort reports , that he faw favages ...
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... saw several flying fish , which were the first we Thursday 21 . had feen in these seas . On the 22d , our longitude , by obfervation , was 111 ° W. Friday 22 . and our latitude 20 ° 18 ′ S. and this day we saw some bonet- toes ...
... saw several flying fish , which were the first we Thursday 21 . had feen in these seas . On the 22d , our longitude , by obfervation , was 111 ° W. Friday 22 . and our latitude 20 ° 18 ′ S. and this day we saw some bonet- toes ...
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... saw about fifty of the natives armed with long pikes , and feveral of them running about with fire- brands in their hands . I ordered Mr. Furneaux to go to that part of the beach where we saw the people , and endeavour to traffick with ...
... saw about fifty of the natives armed with long pikes , and feveral of them running about with fire- brands in their hands . I ordered Mr. Furneaux to go to that part of the beach where we saw the people , and endeavour to traffick with ...
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OF | 185 |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION Page i | 194 |
An Explanation of the Nautical Terms not generally understood which | 207 |
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