The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Greene, 1838 |
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Side 16
... tion , even the best maps were long deficient in correct dis- * See a dissertation on the fluctuation of longitudes in the middle ages , by Canovai , in the Memorie dell ' Academia di Cortona , vol . ix . tances , particularly in ...
... tion , even the best maps were long deficient in correct dis- * See a dissertation on the fluctuation of longitudes in the middle ages , by Canovai , in the Memorie dell ' Academia di Cortona , vol . ix . tances , particularly in ...
Side 26
... tion of his stature to my own , it could not be much less than seven feet . " The Patagonians , however formidable their ap- pearance might be , were found remarkably tractable and civil . They accepted such presents as were offered to ...
... tion of his stature to my own , it could not be much less than seven feet . " The Patagonians , however formidable their ap- pearance might be , were found remarkably tractable and civil . They accepted such presents as were offered to ...
Side 30
... tion , which spoke abundantly the simplicity of their hearts . A female of rank , named Oberea , whom our navigators considered as the queen of the island , was unremitting in her attentions to captain Wallis , to whom she was ...
... tion , which spoke abundantly the simplicity of their hearts . A female of rank , named Oberea , whom our navigators considered as the queen of the island , was unremitting in her attentions to captain Wallis , to whom she was ...
Side 36
... 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 , 1768. He touched at ...
... 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 , 1768. He touched at ...
Side 46
... tion . He now directed his course to the south , in search of the land said to have been discovered by the French navigator Bouvet , but violent gales drove him far to the east of the meri- dian in which it was supposed to lie . After ...
... tion . He now directed his course to the south , in search of the land said to have been discovered by the French navigator Bouvet , but violent gales drove him far to the east of the meri- dian in which it was supposed to lie . After ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 3 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1831 |
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