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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... leagues , extending from the W. to S.E. by S. We had here five - and- thirty fathom , the ground soft , small slate stones . As we ranged along the shore to the S.E. , at the distance of two or three leagues , we perceived smoke in ...
... leagues , extending from the W. to S.E. by S. We had here five - and- thirty fathom , the ground soft , small slate stones . As we ranged along the shore to the S.E. , at the distance of two or three leagues , we perceived smoke in ...
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... leagues ; it appears to be high and mountainous , and forms several bays and inlets . At the distance of fourteen leagues from the Bay of Good Success , in the direction of S.W. W. and between two or three leagues from the shore , lies ...
... leagues ; it appears to be high and mountainous , and forms several bays and inlets . At the distance of fourteen leagues from the Bay of Good Success , in the direction of S.W. W. and between two or three leagues from the shore , lies ...
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... leagues . We called it TRRUMB - CAP . I discovered , by the appearance of the shore , that at this place it was low water ; and I had observed at Lagoon Island that it was either high water , or that the sea neither ebbed nor flowed . I ...
... leagues . We called it TRRUMB - CAP . I discovered , by the appearance of the shore , that at this place it was low water ; and I had observed at Lagoon Island that it was either high water , or that the sea neither ebbed nor flowed . I ...
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... leagues , in the direction W. N. from the west end of the Groups . The variation here was 6 ° 32 ′ E. On the 8th , about two o'clock in the afternoon , we saw land to the northward , and about sunset came abreast of it , at about the ...
... leagues , in the direction W. N. from the west end of the Groups . The variation here was 6 ° 32 ′ E. On the 8th , about two o'clock in the afternoon , we saw land to the northward , and about sunset came abreast of it , at about the ...
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... leagues , in the direction of N. 58 W. and is about seven leagues in compass . Its surface is hilly and uneven , and it has a safe and commodious harbour . The harbour , which is called by the natives OWALLE , or OWHARRE , lies on the ...
... leagues , in the direction of N. 58 W. and is about seven leagues in compass . Its surface is hilly and uneven , and it has a safe and commodious harbour . The harbour , which is called by the natives OWALLE , or OWHARRE , lies on the ...
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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.