The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, 1838 |
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Side 42
... reached a secure and capacious harbour , which he named Queen Charlotte's Sound . The country was here taken possession of , and the sound carefully surveyed . Wood , water , and fish , were in the greatest abundance , the na- tives ...
... reached a secure and capacious harbour , which he named Queen Charlotte's Sound . The country was here taken possession of , and the sound carefully surveyed . Wood , water , and fish , were in the greatest abundance , the na- tives ...
Side 44
... reached a point of land from which he could discern an open sea to the south - west , and was thus convinced that he had found the strait in question . He then landed , and in the name of his sovereign took possession of the immense ...
... reached a point of land from which he could discern an open sea to the south - west , and was thus convinced that he had found the strait in question . He then landed , and in the name of his sovereign took possession of the immense ...
Side 46
... reached the same meridian , some leagues to the south of the latitude assigned to Cape Cir- cumcision . Having thus proved that the land said to have been seen by Bouvet , if it existed at all , was certainly no part of a southern ...
... reached the same meridian , some leagues to the south of the latitude assigned to Cape Cir- cumcision . Having thus proved that the land said to have been seen by Bouvet , if it existed at all , was certainly no part of a southern ...
Side 47
... reached the latitude of 67 ° 15 ' S. , and they saw the ice extending from east to west - south - west , without the least appearance of an opening . It was vain , therefore , to persist any longer in a southerly course ; and as there ...
... reached the latitude of 67 ° 15 ' S. , and they saw the ice extending from east to west - south - west , without the least appearance of an opening . It was vain , therefore , to persist any longer in a southerly course ; and as there ...
Side 50
... reached the 71st degree of southern latitude : but here the ice was so compact that it was impossible to proceed any further towards the south ; and it was also obvious that no continent existed in that direction but what must be ...
... reached the 71st degree of southern latitude : but here the ice was so compact that it was impossible to proceed any further towards the south ; and it was also obvious that no continent existed in that direction but what must be ...
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