New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... Cape Monday , in Tierra del Fuego , we availed ourselves of the wind , fresh at E. to run across the strait for that cape . At 7 P. M. the wind fell , and heavy clouds springing up in the W. we ran into a channel three miles E. from the ...
... Cape Monday , in Tierra del Fuego , we availed ourselves of the wind , fresh at E. to run across the strait for that cape . At 7 P. M. the wind fell , and heavy clouds springing up in the W. we ran into a channel three miles E. from the ...
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... Cape Upright : for this reason Captain Wallis called it Upright Bay . He anchored on the west side of the island just mentioned ; but that position is by no means to be recommended , for the ship , on account of the great depth of water ...
... Cape Upright : for this reason Captain Wallis called it Upright Bay . He anchored on the west side of the island just mentioned ; but that position is by no means to be recommended , for the ship , on account of the great depth of water ...
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... Cape Espiritu Santo , as far as Cape San Valen- tin , and to the south - east , according to the account of the Nodales , as far as Cape de Pinas , where the ground begins to rise up , and to become mountainous : so that that portion of ...
... Cape Espiritu Santo , as far as Cape San Valen- tin , and to the south - east , according to the account of the Nodales , as far as Cape de Pinas , where the ground begins to rise up , and to become mountainous : so that that portion of ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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