New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... land a - head ; and the island of Barbadoes was , at the same time , descried from the mast head of our vessel , but at so great a distance , that it could only be perceived , whilst the last rays of the setting sun illu- mined the ...
... land a - head ; and the island of Barbadoes was , at the same time , descried from the mast head of our vessel , but at so great a distance , that it could only be perceived , whilst the last rays of the setting sun illu- mined the ...
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... 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 Virgin Gordas for the mountains of Porto Rico . Standing in ...
... 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 Virgin Gordas for the mountains of Porto Rico . Standing in ...
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... land , and this morning found the water changed to a pale - green colour , and no more depth than twenty fathoms . About noon , the land was seen from the mast - head , and we had only eight fa- thoms water , of a dirty - white colour ...
... land , and this morning found the water changed to a pale - green colour , and no more depth than twenty fathoms . About noon , the land was seen from the mast - head , and we had only eight fa- thoms water , of a dirty - white colour ...
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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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