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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... afternoon , we had an obfervation of the fun and moon , by which we found our longitude to be 96o 26 ′ W. the variation by the azimuth was 5 ° 44 ′ E. at fix in the evening , and at fix the next morning , it was 5 ° 58′E . Our latitude ...
... afternoon , we had an obfervation of the fun and moon , by which we found our longitude to be 96o 26 ′ W. the variation by the azimuth was 5 ° 44 ′ E. at fix in the evening , and at fix the next morning , it was 5 ° 58′E . Our latitude ...
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... afternoon , we faw a large flock of brown birds , flying to the eastward , and fomething which had the appearance of high land , in the fame quar- ter . We bore away for it till fun - fet , and it ftill having the fame appearance , we ...
... afternoon , we faw a large flock of brown birds , flying to the eastward , and fomething which had the appearance of high land , in the fame quar- ter . We bore away for it till fun - fet , and it ftill having the fame appearance , we ...
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... afternoon of the next day , we anchored in the Road , which is fo good that it may well be confidered as an har- bour . We had now great reason to congratulate ourselves . upon our situation , for during the whole of our paffage from ...
... afternoon of the next day , we anchored in the Road , which is fo good that it may well be confidered as an har- bour . We had now great reason to congratulate ourselves . upon our situation , for during the whole of our paffage from ...
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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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