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Delagoa Bay has been often visited by trading vessels on this coast ; but their stay has been either too short , or their means and pursuits unsuited to gain accurate knowledge of the country or the neighbouring tribes .
Delagoa Bay has been often visited by trading vessels on this coast ; but their stay has been either too short , or their means and pursuits unsuited to gain accurate knowledge of the country or the neighbouring tribes .
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They lie directly opposite the famed coast of Sofala , the distance to which , however , is more considerable than usually represented in our charts , from the coast of the main forming a deep bay . The countries termed in our maps ...
They lie directly opposite the famed coast of Sofala , the distance to which , however , is more considerable than usually represented in our charts , from the coast of the main forming a deep bay . The countries termed in our maps ...
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Anne's Island , lying in the bay on its east side ; as also numerous other islands on the north coast towards the mouth of the strait . The motion of the boats was rather unfavourable to our observations ; but we were able to fix Cape ...
Anne's Island , lying in the bay on its east side ; as also numerous other islands on the north coast towards the mouth of the strait . The motion of the boats was rather unfavourable to our observations ; but we were able to fix Cape ...
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| Title | New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2 New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Sir Richard Phillips Volume 2 of New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgments ; with Index and Historical Preface, Sir Richard Phillips |
| Author | Sir Richard Phillips |
| Publisher | Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Apr 2007 |
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