The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, 1838 |
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Side 16
... Hope is a promontory named Terra de Vista . Notwithstanding the great increase of geographical informa- tion , even the best maps were long deficient in correct dis- * See a dissertation on the fluctuation of longitudes in the middle ...
... Hope is a promontory named Terra de Vista . Notwithstanding the great increase of geographical informa- tion , even the best maps were long deficient in correct dis- * See a dissertation on the fluctuation of longitudes in the middle ...
Side 20
... Hope he would have found a clearer sky , as well as a more southern position . While Halley was at St. Helena he observed a transit of Mercury across the sun's disc . This kind of phenomenon had already attracted the notice of Gassendi ...
... Hope he would have found a clearer sky , as well as a more southern position . While Halley was at St. Helena he observed a transit of Mercury across the sun's disc . This kind of phenomenon had already attracted the notice of Gassendi ...
Side 25
... Hope and the Magellanic Strait , within the latitudes convenient for navigation , and in the climates adapted to the produce of commodities useful in commerce ; and whereas his majesty's islands , called Pepys Island and Falkland's ...
... Hope and the Magellanic Strait , within the latitudes convenient for navigation , and in the climates adapted to the produce of commodities useful in commerce ; and whereas his majesty's islands , called Pepys Island and Falkland's ...
Side 30
... Hope , arrived at Hastings , the 19th of May , 1768 , having been about one year and nine months on the voyage . In the mean time captain Carteret , in the Swallow , having lost sight of the Dolphin at the western entrance of Magellan's ...
... Hope , arrived at Hastings , the 19th of May , 1768 , having been about one year and nine months on the voyage . In the mean time captain Carteret , in the Swallow , having lost sight of the Dolphin at the western entrance of Magellan's ...
Side 31
... hope to remain undisturbed by political rivalry . In November , 1767 , having resigned the Falkland Islands , and repaired his ships in the La Plata , he commenced his voyage towards the Pacific . His great reputation , and the interest ...
... hope to remain undisturbed by political rivalry . In November , 1767 , having resigned the Falkland Islands , and repaired his ships in the La Plata , he commenced his voyage towards the Pacific . His great reputation , and the interest ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1831 |
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