The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, 1838 |
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Side 14
... situated on the shores of the Med- iterranean Sea ; and here , of course , we should expect to find their geographical accuracy exhibited to advantage : yet Constan- tinople or Byzantium , the capital of the eastern empire , is placed ...
... situated on the shores of the Med- iterranean Sea ; and here , of course , we should expect to find their geographical accuracy exhibited to advantage : yet Constan- tinople or Byzantium , the capital of the eastern empire , is placed ...
Side 16
... situated to the south of New Guinea and the Spice Islands , or corresponding with the general situation of New Holland . In this , as in other early maps , the Terra Australis is represented as one great continent , filling the ...
... situated to the south of New Guinea and the Spice Islands , or corresponding with the general situation of New Holland . In this , as in other early maps , the Terra Australis is represented as one great continent , filling the ...
Side 28
... situated . Cocoa - nut trees were seen in abundance , but no anchorage could be found . The sick , who were now in a deplorable situation , were still further depressed on finding that the land presented to their view was inaccessible ...
... situated . Cocoa - nut trees were seen in abundance , but no anchorage could be found . The sick , who were now in a deplorable situation , were still further depressed on finding that the land presented to their view was inaccessible ...
Side 36
... situated for the erec- tion of an observatory , he named Port Royal in King George the Third's Island as a place well adapted for that purpose . Every thing being now prepared , lieutenant Cook sailed from Plymouth on the 26th of August ...
... situated for the erec- tion of an observatory , he named Port Royal in King George the Third's Island as a place well adapted for that purpose . Every thing being now prepared , lieutenant Cook sailed from Plymouth on the 26th of August ...
Side 44
... situated at the mouth of a small stream , to which was given the name of the Endeavour River . Here the natives appeared rather more familiar ; but they set little value on any thing offered to them , except food . When some turtle ...
... situated at the mouth of a small stream , to which was given the name of the Endeavour River . Here the natives appeared rather more familiar ; but they set little value on any thing offered to them , except food . When some turtle ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1831 |
The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1831 |
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