The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Around the World, Bind 5Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 |
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Side 14
... seemed to be of any consequence ) found out and visited ; and not visited in a cursory manner , but every means used to correct former mistakes , and to supply former deficiencies , by making accurate inquiries ashore , and taking ...
... seemed to be of any consequence ) found out and visited ; and not visited in a cursory manner , but every means used to correct former mistakes , and to supply former deficiencies , by making accurate inquiries ashore , and taking ...
Side 44
... seemed to believe that the charge was well founded . But still , in justice to them , it must be allowed , that , in 1720 , they had sent Messrs . Knight and Barlow in a sloop on this very discovery ; + Ibid . p . 330 . * Ellis's Voyage ...
... seemed to believe that the charge was well founded . But still , in justice to them , it must be allowed , that , in 1720 , they had sent Messrs . Knight and Barlow in a sloop on this very discovery ; + Ibid . p . 330 . * Ellis's Voyage ...
Side 48
... seemed , by the edges of the ice , to " flow about twelve or fourteen feet , which will only " reach a little within the river's mouth . That being " the case , the water in the river had not the least " brackish taste . But I am sure ...
... seemed , by the edges of the ice , to " flow about twelve or fourteen feet , which will only " reach a little within the river's mouth . That being " the case , the water in the river had not the least " brackish taste . But I am sure ...
Side 94
... seemed to be quite happy when he got on board the ship . He was furnished , by his Majesty , with an ample provision of every article which , during our inter- course with his country , we had observed to be in any estimation there ...
... seemed to be quite happy when he got on board the ship . He was furnished , by his Majesty , with an ample provision of every article which , during our inter- course with his country , we had observed to be in any estimation there ...
Side 109
... seemed almost - wholly metalline . " The mouldering state of these hills is , doubtless , owing to the perpetual action of the sun , which calcines their surface . This mouldered part being afterwards washed away by the heavy rains ...
... seemed almost - wholly metalline . " The mouldering state of these hills is , doubtless , owing to the perpetual action of the sun , which calcines their surface . This mouldered part being afterwards washed away by the heavy rains ...
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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...