The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Around the World, Bind 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 |
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... Bodies . Their Clothing and Ornaments . sonal Cleanliness - - - - of punc - Per- 418 - CHAP . XI . ― - - Employments of the Women at the Friendly Islands . — Of the Men.- Agriculture . Construction of their Houses . Their working Tools ...
... Bodies . Their Clothing and Ornaments . sonal Cleanliness - - - - of punc - Per- 418 - CHAP . XI . ― - - Employments of the Women at the Friendly Islands . — Of the Men.- Agriculture . Construction of their Houses . Their working Tools ...
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... body of land , this fifth part of the world ( if I may so speak ) , which our late voyages have dis- covered to be of so amazing a magnitude , that , to use Captain Cook's words , it is of a larger extent than any other country in the ...
... body of land , this fifth part of the world ( if I may so speak ) , which our late voyages have dis- covered to be of so amazing a magnitude , that , to use Captain Cook's words , it is of a larger extent than any other country in the ...
Side 96
... bodies of land forces , to secure the obedience of those parts of that continent which had been discovered and settled by our countrymen in the last century . On the 6th , his Majesty's ships Diamond , Ambuscade , and Uni- corn , with a ...
... bodies of land forces , to secure the obedience of those parts of that continent which had been discovered and settled by our countrymen in the last century . On the 6th , his Majesty's ships Diamond , Ambuscade , and Uni- corn , with a ...
Side 168
... the upper part of the body a leaden grey , * Pennant's Patagonian penguin . See his Genera of Birds . Tab . 14. p . 66 . + Voyage autour du Monde , p . 69 . and the under part white , with black feet . 16 168 DEC . COOK'S VOYAGE TO.
... the upper part of the body a leaden grey , * Pennant's Patagonian penguin . See his Genera of Birds . Tab . 14. p . 66 . + Voyage autour du Monde , p . 69 . and the under part white , with black feet . 16 168 DEC . COOK'S VOYAGE TO.
Side 169
... body is a blackish grey , with a white spot on the upper part of the head , growing broader at each side . The bill and feet are yellowish . A very accurate figure and description , both of this and of the preceding , is given by Mr ...
... body is a blackish grey , with a white spot on the upper part of the head , growing broader at each side . The bill and feet are yellowish . A very accurate figure and description , both of this and of the preceding , is given by Mr ...
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Adventure Bay amongst anchor Annamooka appearance arrived beach Board of Longitude boat brought called canoes Cape Cape François Cape George Captain Clerke Captain Cook Caroline Islands chart chief cloth coast cocoa-nuts colour considerable Cook's coral rock dance discovered discovery distance east eastward Endeavour etoa farther fathoms Feenou feet fish Friendly Islands HAIVA Hapaee harbour hogs inhabitants isles kava Kerguelen king land last voyage latitude leagues least leave longitude manner Mareewagee mentioned miles Monsieur morning natives navigators north-west o'clock observed Omai Otaheite Pacific Ocean passage person piece plantains plants Poulaho present pretty reef remarkable returned round sail seemed seen ships shore side situation soon sort spot Taipa Teneriffe thing tion told Tongataboo trees Van Diemen's Land variation visited weather whole wind women wood yams Zealand
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Side 86 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Side 93 - And that we might go out with every help that could serve to make the result of our voyage entertaining to the generality of readers, as well as instructive to the sailor and scholar, Mr. "Webber was pitched upon, and engaged to embark with me, for the express purpose of supplying the unavoidable imperfections of written accounts...
Side 33 - ... proceed Northward along the coast, as far as the latitude of 65°, or farther, if you are not obstructed by lands or ice; taking care not to lose any time in exploring rivers or inlets, or upon any other account, until you get into the before-mentioned latitude of 65°, where we could wish you to arrive in the month of June next.
Side 31 - By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord " High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. " Secret Instructions for Captain James Cook, Commander " of his Majesty's sloop the Resolution.
Side 35 - You are also, with the consent of the natives, to take possession, in the name of the King of Great Britain, of convenient situations in such countries as you may discover, that have not already been discovered or visited by any other European power, and to distribute among the inhabitants such things as will remain as traces and testimonies of your having been there...
Side 127 - An Account of Three Journeys from the Cape Town into the Southern Parts of Africa; undertaken for the Discovery of new Plants, towards the Improvement of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Keu..
Side 431 - ... them, unless it be a fulness at the point of the nose, which is very common. But, on the other hand, we met with hundreds of truly European faces, and many genuine Roman noses amongst them.
Side 161 - Land rises from a greater depth than twenty-four fathoms; "and as it does not grow in a perpendicular direction, but makes a very acute angle with the bottom, and much of it afterwards spreads many fathoms on the surface of the sea, I am well warranted to say that some of it grows to the length of sixty fathoms and upwards.
Side 435 - Friendly and other islands which we visited, the thefts so frequently committed by the natives, of what we had brought along with us, may be fairly traced to less culpable motives. They seemed to arise, solely from an intense curiosity or desire to possess something which they had not been accustomed to before, and belonging to a sort of people so different from themselves.
Side 257 - In general they were rather stout than slender, with black hair flowing in ringleti down the neck, and of an olive complexion. Their features were rather fuller than what we allow to perfect beauties, and much alike; but their eyes were of a deep black, and each countenance expressed a degree of complacency and modesty peculiar to the sex in every part of the world, but perhaps...