New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... wind was contrary , yet we hoped with that wind to make way against it ; but , at six P.M. it again blew from the W .; nevertheless , we continued tacking till half - past eleven P.M. , when we again dropped anchor in 24 fathoms fine ...
... wind was contrary , yet we hoped with that wind to make way against it ; but , at six P.M. it again blew from the W .; nevertheless , we continued tacking till half - past eleven P.M. , when we again dropped anchor in 24 fathoms fine ...
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... wind , a heavy sea , and to the current of the tide , which , at 8 P.M. would take the same direction with the wind . If our cable should give way , we would remain in a narrow pass , between two mouths , engaged in a small space ...
... wind , a heavy sea , and to the current of the tide , which , at 8 P.M. would take the same direction with the wind . If our cable should give way , we would remain in a narrow pass , between two mouths , engaged in a small space ...
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... wind set in ; and then veering round by the E. it settled from SE . to SSE . , and blew very hard for three days ... wind was very inconstant , and the only altitudes we could observe by the time - pieces were in S. latitude 47 ° and 42 ...
... wind set in ; and then veering round by the E. it settled from SE . to SSE . , and blew very hard for three days ... wind was very inconstant , and the only altitudes we could observe by the time - pieces were in S. latitude 47 ° and 42 ...
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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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