The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous Engravings on Wood. With an Appendix, Giving an Account of the Present Condition of the South Sea Islands, &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [-II.].William Smith, 1842 |
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... called him to London , and there she continued to reside until death at length called her , in her ninety - fourth year , to rejoin those whom she had so long lamented . Her circum- stances , independently of her pension , were easy ...
... called him to London , and there she continued to reside until death at length called her , in her ninety - fourth year , to rejoin those whom she had so long lamented . Her circum- stances , independently of her pension , were easy ...
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... called Welshmen . Mr. Banks had taken Spanish silver with him , which he imagined to be the currency of the continent , but to his great surprise the people asked him for English shillings ; he gave them two , which he happened to have ...
... called Welshmen . Mr. Banks had taken Spanish silver with him , which he imagined to be the currency of the continent , but to his great surprise the people asked him for English shillings ; he gave them two , which he happened to have ...
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... called Cancer vocans ; some of these had one of the claws , called by naturalists the hand , very large ; others had them both remarkably small , and of equal size : a difference which is said to distinguish the sexes , that with the ...
... called Cancer vocans ; some of these had one of the claws , called by naturalists the hand , very large ; others had them both remarkably small , and of equal size : a difference which is said to distinguish the sexes , that with the ...
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... called petacks , and are of different value , and easily distinguished by the number of rees that is marked on the outside . Here is also a copper coin , like that in Portugal , of five and ten ree pieces . A ree is a nominal coin of ...
... called petacks , and are of different value , and easily distinguished by the number of rees that is marked on the outside . Here is also a copper coin , like that in Portugal , of five and ten ree pieces . A ree is a nominal coin of ...
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... called a Magellanic jacket and a pair of trousers . The jacket is made of a thick woollen stuff called Fearnought , which is provided by the government . We saw , from time to time , a great number of penguins , albatrosses , and ...
... called a Magellanic jacket and a pair of trousers . The jacket is made of a thick woollen stuff called Fearnought , which is provided by the government . We saw , from time to time , a great number of penguins , albatrosses , and ...
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afternoon anchor anchorage appeared ashore Banks and Dr Batavia beach birds boat bore Botany Bay bottom Bougainville breeze brought called calm canoes Cape Cape Horn Cape Palliser Cape Saunders Captain Furneaux chief cloth coast cocoa-nut colour continued cove discovered distance east Endeavour River farther fathom water feet fire fish five leagues four leagues fresh gale fruit gave harbour hauled head hills hogs Hugh Palliser Indians inhabitants island isle kind land latitude longitude miles morning natives night noon northward observed Otaheite Otoo peterels pieces pinnace plantains Port Egmont reef returned rocks round sail seemed seen sent ship shoals shore side sight situation small isles Solander soon sound south point southward steered stones strait three leagues told took trees Tupia veered voyage weather westward wind women wood yawl Zealand
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Seite xix - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Seite 516 - The stones they use are, in general, the branches of coral rocks from eight to fourteen inches long, and from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter. I know not if they employ them as...
Seite 571 - Sandwich Land, was either a group of islands, or else a point of the continent. For I firmly believe that there is a tract of land near the Pole which is the source of most of the ice that is spread over this vast southern ocean.
Seite 23 - ... had before told the company that to sleep was to perish. Mr. Banks and the rest found it impossible to carry them, and there being no remedy, they were both suffered to sit down, being partly supported by the bushes, and in a few minutes they fell into a profound sleep : soon after, some of the people who had been sent forward, returned, with the welcome news that a fire was kindled about a quarter of a mile farther on the way. Mr. Banks then endeavoured to wake Dr. Solander, and happily succeeded...
Seite 38 - A proper person or persons will be appointed to trade with the natives for all manner of provisions, fruit, and other productions of the earth ; and no officer or seaman, or other person belonging to the ship excepting such as are so appointed, shall trade, or offer to trade for any sort of provision, fruit, or other productions of the earth, unless they have leave so to do.
Seite 527 - Having no suspicion of its being of a poisonous nature, we ordered it to be dressed for supper; but, very luckily, the operation of drawing and describing took up so much time, that it was too late, so that only the liver and row were dressed, of which the two Mr Forsters and myself did but taste.
Seite 490 - ... sneering in my face, saying, What sort of a man are you, thus to refuse the embraces of so fine a young woman? For the girl certainly did not want beauty; which, however, I could better withstand, than the abuses of this worthy matron, and therefore hastened into the boat.
Seite 572 - ... and these difficulties are greatly heightened by the inexpressibly horrid aspect of the country; a country doomed by nature never once to feel the warmth of the sun's rays, but to lie buried in everlasting snow and ice. The ports which may be on the coast, are, in a manner, wholly filled up with frozen snow of vast thickness ; but if any...
Seite 262 - Their features are far from being disagreeable, their noses are not flat, nor are their lips thick ; their teeth are white and even, and their hair naturally long and black, it is however universally cropped short ; in general it is straight, but sometimes it has a slight curl ; we saw none that was not matted and filthy, though without oil or grease, and to our great astonishment free from lice. Their beards were of the same colour with their hair, and bushy and thick : They are not however suffered...
Seite 444 - I did not take some opportunity to declare, that they always shewed the utmost readiness to carry into execution, in. the most effectual manner, every measure I thought proper to take. Under such circumstances, it is hardly necessary to say, that the seamen were always obedient and alert ; and, on this occasion, they were so far from wishing the voyage at an end, that they rejoiced at the prospect of its being prolonged another year, and of soon enjoying the benefits of a milder climate.