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 Endeavour: Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq, Band 2J. Williams, 1775 - 489 Seiten |
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... hill rifes directly from the fhore . At the fouthermoft part of the island , the shore is again covered by a reef , which forms a good harbour ; and the land about it is very fertile . We made this route partly on foot and partly in the ...
... hill rifes directly from the fhore . At the fouthermoft part of the island , the shore is again covered by a reef , which forms a good harbour ; and the land about it is very fertile . We made this route partly on foot and partly in the ...
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... hills to pre- ferve a fucceffion ; but the quantity is not fufficient to prevent scarcity : they live therefore upon the four paste which they call Mahie , upon wild plantains , and ahee nuts , which at this time are in perfection . How ...
... hills to pre- ferve a fucceffion ; but the quantity is not fufficient to prevent scarcity : they live therefore upon the four paste which they call Mahie , upon wild plantains , and ahee nuts , which at this time are in perfection . How ...
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... hill on one fide , to the foot of that on the other ; but they were now fhewn a houfe , which they were told was the laft that they would fee . When they came up to it , the mafter of it offered them refresh- ments of cocoa nuts and ...
... hill on one fide , to the foot of that on the other ; but they were now fhewn a houfe , which they were told was the laft that they would fee . When they came up to it , the mafter of it offered them refresh- ments of cocoa nuts and ...
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... hills ; and it may , therefore , not unreasonably be fuppofed , that this , and the neighbouring iflands , are either fhattered remains of a continent , which fome have fuppofed to be neceffary in this part of the globe , to preferve an ...
... hills ; and it may , therefore , not unreasonably be fuppofed , that this , and the neighbouring iflands , are either fhattered remains of a continent , which fome have fuppofed to be neceffary in this part of the globe , to preferve an ...
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... hills of Ota- heite , an island lying to the northward , which he call- ed TETHUROA , I determined first to ftand that way , to take a nearer view of it . It lies N. W. diftant eight leagues from the northern extremity of Otaheite ...
... hills of Ota- heite , an island lying to the northward , which he call- ed TETHUROA , I determined first to ftand that way , to take a nearer view of it . It lies N. W. diftant eight leagues from the northern extremity of Otaheite ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
a-fhore a-head againſt alfo almoſt alſo anchor appeared Auguft Batavia becauſe boat bore Botany Bay breeze called canoes Cape Cape Saunders cloſe coaft confiderable confifted difcovered diftant diſcovered diſtance eight Endeavour River fafe faid fail fame fandy fathoms fathoms water feemed feen feet fent feven feveral fhip fhoals fhore fhort fhould fide fire firſt fiſh fituation five leagues fize fmall fome fometimes foon four leagues fouth fouthward freſh fteered ftones ftood fuch fuppofed harbour hills houſe ifland Indians inhabitants land in fight latitude leaſt lefs longitude Mafter miles morning moſt muſt natives night noon northward o'clock obfervation Otaheite paffage paffed pinnace prefents purpoſe reaſon reef refembling rocks round ſaw ſeemed ſeen ſeven ſeveral ſhip ſhore ſmall Solander ſome ſtill ſtood thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe three leagues trees Tupia uſed weft weftward wind wood yawl
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 303 - ... her off the ledge upon which she rested, towards the deep water. About five o'clock in the afternoon, we observed the tide begin to rise, but we observed at the same time that the leak increased to a most alarming degree, so that two more pumps were manned, but unhappily only one of them would work. Three of the pumps, however, were kept going, and at nine o'clock the ship righted; but the leak had gained upon us so considerably, that it was imagined she must go to the bottom as soon as she ceased...
Seite 282 - Upon these mangroves also we saw small green caterpillars in great numbers : Their bodies were thick set with hairs, and they were ranged upon the leaves side by side like a file of soldiers, to the number of twenty or "thirty together : When we touched them, we found that the hair of their bodies had the quality of a nettle, and gave us a much more acute, though less durable pain.
Seite 376 - Upon such ornaments as they had, they set so great a value, that they would never part with the least article for any thing we could offer; which was the more extraordinary as our beads and ribbons were ornaments of the same kind, but of a more regular form and more showy materials. They had indeed no idea of traffic, nor could we communicate any to them : They received the things that we gave them ; but never appeared to understand our signs when we required a return.
Seite 366 - New Holland, or, as I have now called the eastern coast, New South Wales, is of a larger extent than any other country in the known world that does not bear the name of a continent ; the length of coast along which we sailed, reduced to a straight line, is no less than twentyseven degrees of latitude, amounting to near 2000 miles, so that its square surface must be much more than equal to all Europe.
Seite 395 - ... the beach, abreast of the ship ; supposing therefore that the Dutch had a settlement here, I sent Lieutenant Gore ashore, to wait upon the governor, or the chief person residing upon the spot, and acquaint him who we were, and for what purpose we had touched upon the coast. As soon as he came ashore, he was received by a guard of between twenty and thirty Indians, armed with...
Seite 79 - ... in one end of it was a square hole, in the middle of which was a ring touching the sides, and leaving the angles open, so as to form a round hole within a square one.
Seite 237 - A farther proof that human nature is here untainted with disease, is the great number of old men that we saw, many of whom, by the loss of their hair and teeth, appeared to be very ancient, yet none of them were decrepit, and though not equal to the young in muscular strength, were not a whit behind them in cheerfulness and vivacity.
Seite 381 - ... that the bark of a tree becomes thicker and stronger by being suffered to remain upon the trunk after it has been cut round. The canoes of New Holland are as mean and rude as the houses. Those...
Seite 22 - Tupia sustained himself in this scene with a firmness and resolution truly admirable : he wept, indeed, but the effort that he made to conceal his tears, concurred, with them, to do him honour.
Seite 304 - To those only who have waited in a state of such suspense, Death has approached in all his terrors ; and as the dreadful moment that was to determine our fate came on, every one saw his own sensations pictured in the countenances of his companions...