New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... continued , after this tacking , with easy winds from the W. to the SW . till half - past two P.M. , when we began to lose ground ; to avoid which , we came to anchor in 24 fathoms dark - coloured sand , Cape Possession then bearing W ...
... continued , after this tacking , with easy winds from the W. to the SW . till half - past two P.M. , when we began to lose ground ; to avoid which , we came to anchor in 24 fathoms dark - coloured sand , Cape Possession then bearing W ...
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... continued as boister- ous as before , with the addition of incessant rain , we left our birth , and , in order to clear the rocks and shoals , stood out a couple of miles from the land . Keeping our boats ' heads as much as possible ...
... continued as boister- ous as before , with the addition of incessant rain , we left our birth , and , in order to clear the rocks and shoals , stood out a couple of miles from the land . Keeping our boats ' heads as much as possible ...
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... continued their search , boarded seve ral of the fishing - boats , and spoke with some of the natives ; but could gain no intelligence of their companion . The Spaniards appeared to be tolerably friendly , and sold some trifling ...
... continued their search , boarded seve ral of the fishing - boats , and spoke with some of the natives ; but could gain no intelligence of their companion . The Spaniards appeared to be tolerably friendly , and sold some trifling ...
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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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