The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1833 - 297 sider |
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... seemed to conspire to the improvement of geography ; and one might have supposed that this study would have been the first to arrive at perfection : but notwithstanding the zeal with which geographical inquiries were prosecuted during ...
... seemed to conspire to the improvement of geography ; and one might have supposed that this study would have been the first to arrive at perfection : but notwithstanding the zeal with which geographical inquiries were prosecuted during ...
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... seemed to him at the same time to offer superior advantages . He weighed attentively and arranged the methods and consequences of these observations ; and , in a memoir pub- lished in 1716 , he announced to the learned world that the ...
... seemed to him at the same time to offer superior advantages . He weighed attentively and arranged the methods and consequences of these observations ; and , in a memoir pub- lished in 1716 , he announced to the learned world that the ...
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... named those islands Malouines , from their native town , seemed to have thereby established a vague kind of right to the possession of them . 2 In 1763 , M. de Bougainville , an officer who CHAP . II . 23 VOYAGES OF BYRON , ETC.
... named those islands Malouines , from their native town , seemed to have thereby established a vague kind of right to the possession of them . 2 In 1763 , M. de Bougainville , an officer who CHAP . II . 23 VOYAGES OF BYRON , ETC.
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... seemed alarmed at his approach . At length , by signs and expressions of friendship , he induced one of them , who appeared to be a chief , to venture towards him . " This man , " says the commo- dore , " was of a gigantic stature , and ...
... seemed alarmed at his approach . At length , by signs and expressions of friendship , he induced one of them , who appeared to be a chief , to venture towards him . " This man , " says the commo- dore , " was of a gigantic stature , and ...
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... seemed here to teem with the objects of his research , and brilliant butterflies flew round the ship to the height of the mast . In leaving this port , Cook , after the example of Byron , sailed over the position which had been assigned ...
... seemed here to teem with the objects of his research , and brilliant butterflies flew round the ship to the height of the mast . In leaving this port , Cook , after the example of Byron , sailed over the position which had been assigned ...
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