New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... frequently repaired to the baths , and spent many hours in the interior of their compartments . Those at Cairo are the most magnificent in the East ; here are a great number of them , and they are for the most part very ancient ...
... frequently repaired to the baths , and spent many hours in the interior of their compartments . Those at Cairo are the most magnificent in the East ; here are a great number of them , and they are for the most part very ancient ...
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... frequently gone aloft my- self for the purpose of ascertaining their extent , but have often been unable , as far as the eye could reach , to observe even a single fissure in them . On their surface , which is generally raised three or ...
... frequently gone aloft my- self for the purpose of ascertaining their extent , but have often been unable , as far as the eye could reach , to observe even a single fissure in them . On their surface , which is generally raised three or ...
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... frequently upon it in thick weather be- fore they can see the land . We saw from the mast - head the wreck of the Astrea frigate , which was lost about ten days ago , having , by a mistake in their reckoning , taken the high land of the ...
... frequently upon it in thick weather be- fore they can see the land . We saw from the mast - head the wreck of the Astrea frigate , which was lost about ten days ago , having , by a mistake in their reckoning , taken the high land of the ...
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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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