A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 4Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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... islands , among which the channels wind , that are the usual course of boats , not only committed depredations on private merchants , but had even the hardiness to attack fleets , laden with the royal customs , which are usually ...
... islands , among which the channels wind , that are the usual course of boats , not only committed depredations on private merchants , but had even the hardiness to attack fleets , laden with the royal customs , which are usually ...
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... islands . · All that < voyagers , ' says our author , have related of uncivilized life , seems to fall short of the barbarism of the people of this island . The ferocious natives of New Zealand , or the shivering half - animated savages ...
... islands . · All that < voyagers , ' says our author , have related of uncivilized life , seems to fall short of the barbarism of the people of this island . The ferocious natives of New Zealand , or the shivering half - animated savages ...
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... island of Narcondam , about 20 leagues east of the Andamans ; a barren rock , rising abruptly out of the ocean , uninhabited , and seemingly destitute of vegetation . The wind foul , we were obliged to tack ; and on the following day we ...
... island of Narcondam , about 20 leagues east of the Andamans ; a barren rock , rising abruptly out of the ocean , uninhabited , and seemingly destitute of vegetation . The wind foul , we were obliged to tack ; and on the following day we ...
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... islands : they were long and narrow , with an elevated stern , ornamented with peacocks ' feathers , and the tails of Tibet cows ; each boat bore a different flag , and had a long , flexible , painted pole , with a gilded ball at the ...
... islands : they were long and narrow , with an elevated stern , ornamented with peacocks ' feathers , and the tails of Tibet cows ; each boat bore a different flag , and had a long , flexible , painted pole , with a gilded ball at the ...
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... islands of Nicobar , whose swollen limbs and diseased bodies evince the pestilential atmosphere they breathe , might here prove useful members of general society , live in the enjoyment of a salubrious climate , supply their own , and ...
... islands of Nicobar , whose swollen limbs and diseased bodies evince the pestilential atmosphere they breathe , might here prove useful members of general society , live in the enjoyment of a salubrious climate , supply their own , and ...
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