New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... distance in front , seemed to us covered with thousands of birds , of the kind of petrels and seagulls , the vast numbers of which , from their white plumage , resembled at a distance the froth of waves rippling over breakers ; we went ...
... distance in front , seemed to us covered with thousands of birds , of the kind of petrels and seagulls , the vast numbers of which , from their white plumage , resembled at a distance the froth of waves rippling over breakers ; we went ...
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... distance from the pass . The greatest force of the current here , that we could discover , was about three miles an ... distance ; and three zorillos , which were shot , were obliged to be thrown into the sea , on account of the ...
... distance from the pass . The greatest force of the current here , that we could discover , was about three miles an ... distance ; and three zorillos , which were shot , were obliged to be thrown into the sea , on account of the ...
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... distance , we obtained another base of 378 fathoms , by which we calculated the bearings and dis- tances of several remote objects , to carry on the series of trian- gles necessary for our survey of the strait . The gale still ...
... distance , we obtained another base of 378 fathoms , by which we calculated the bearings and dis- tances of several remote objects , to carry on the series of trian- gles necessary for our survey of the strait . The gale still ...
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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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