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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... reef , and stood in , with a design to come to an anchor ; but when we came near the boats , one of which was on each bow , the ship ftruck . Her head continued immoveable , but her ftern was free ; and , upon cafting the lead , we ...
... reef , and stood in , with a design to come to an anchor ; but when we came near the boats , one of which was on each bow , the ship ftruck . Her head continued immoveable , but her ftern was free ; and , upon cafting the lead , we ...
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... reef into the harbour , where , about twelve o'clock , the came to an an- chor in 17 fathom water , with a fine bottom of black fand .. The place where the fhip ftruck appeared , upon farther examination , to be a reef of sharp coral ...
... reef into the harbour , where , about twelve o'clock , the came to an an- chor in 17 fathom water , with a fine bottom of black fand .. The place where the fhip ftruck appeared , upon farther examination , to be a reef of sharp coral ...
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... reef of rocks running off the eastern point of the island about two miles in length , which may be seen by the fea's breaking over them ; " but in this he is mistaken , there is no reef of rocks , or fhoal running off the eaftern point ...
... reef of rocks running off the eastern point of the island about two miles in length , which may be seen by the fea's breaking over them ; " but in this he is mistaken , there is no reef of rocks , or fhoal running off the eaftern point ...
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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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