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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... less than thirteen hands ; they are very fhy , and very fwift . After I returned to my boat , I went farther up the harbour , and landed upon an island that was covered with feals , of which we killed above fifty , and among them many ...
... less than thirteen hands ; they are very fhy , and very fwift . After I returned to my boat , I went farther up the harbour , and landed upon an island that was covered with feals , of which we killed above fifty , and among them many ...
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... less than half an hour , I was awakened by the beat- ing of the ship upon a bank : I instantly started up , and ran upon the deck , where I foon found that we had grounded upon a hard fand . It was happy for us , that at this time it ...
... less than half an hour , I was awakened by the beat- ing of the ship upon a bank : I instantly started up , and ran upon the deck , where I foon found that we had grounded upon a hard fand . It was happy for us , that at this time it ...
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... less than eight miles an hour , with the wind at eaft , it died away at once ; fo that within less than two minutes the fhip had no motion , though we were at least four leagues diftant from the fhore . Palma lies in lat . 28 ° 40 ' N ...
... less than eight miles an hour , with the wind at eaft , it died away at once ; fo that within less than two minutes the fhip had no motion , though we were at least four leagues diftant from the fhore . Palma lies in lat . 28 ° 40 ' N ...
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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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