Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... command of the First Squadron should be entrusted to me , in his place . In consequence I received a letter from the Minister of Naval Affairs dated 24th of April , 1819 , as follows : His Majesty the Emperor having instructed Vice ...
... command of the First Squadron should be entrusted to me , in his place . In consequence I received a letter from the Minister of Naval Affairs dated 24th of April , 1819 , as follows : His Majesty the Emperor having instructed Vice ...
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Hakluyt Society. His Imperial Majesty is also pleased to command that , in the event of very important discoveries being made , Captain Bellingshausen shall promptly despatch one of the ships under his command to Russia to report them ...
Hakluyt Society. His Imperial Majesty is also pleased to command that , in the event of very important discoveries being made , Captain Bellingshausen shall promptly despatch one of the ships under his command to Russia to report them ...
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... command of boats must take all necessary precautions not to get separated nor to go far from their boats without leaving with them a sufficient number of the crew for purposes of defence . If it be necessary to land , either to make ...
... command of boats must take all necessary precautions not to get separated nor to go far from their boats without leaving with them a sufficient number of the crew for purposes of defence . If it be necessary to land , either to make ...
Contents
Lyeskov Visokoi and Zavodovski Islands | 3 |
Wandering and Sooty Albatrosses | 9 |
Banksia Blue Tit Honeyeater and Waratah | 17 |
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a.m. the wind albatrosses altered course anchor Antarctic appeared ashore Bellingshausen birds black petrels blew blue petrels boat Candlemas Islands canoes Cape Captain Cook chart chronometers clouds cocoa-nut colour continued coral covered crew dark daybreak deck east eastward farther fathoms feet fresh freshened frost Governor heavy horizon icebergs icefield island knots land latitude Lazarev light wind Long longitude look-out lunar distances Macquarie Macquarie Island midday midnight miles Mirnyi mist morning mountain natives navigation night noon north-east north-west o'clock observed officers Ono Island Otahiti Palliser Island passed penguins Peter I Island Port Jackson proceeded rain reef round Russian sazhen ship shore shortened sail side sight snow fell South Georgia south-east south-west southern staysail swell tack temperature thermometer thick weather top-gallant topsails turned Van Diemen's Land variation vessels Vostok voyage whales wind shifted Zavodovski