Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... crews , and not to let slip any opportunity for so doing . Whilst in port , you must see that the crew are provided with the best fresh stores procurable , whilst at sea the men should fish wherever local conditions permit . Rum and ...
... crews , and not to let slip any opportunity for so doing . Whilst in port , you must see that the crew are provided with the best fresh stores procurable , whilst at sea the men should fish wherever local conditions permit . Rum and ...
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... crew in our long voyage . At 1.0 p.m. the Governor and Vice - Governor , Lieutenant - Colonel Erskine , com- manding the regiment , came to call on us ; we met and received them with all honours laid down in Admiralty regulations.❤ All ...
... crew in our long voyage . At 1.0 p.m. the Governor and Vice - Governor , Lieutenant - Colonel Erskine , com- manding the regiment , came to call on us ; we met and received them with all honours laid down in Admiralty regulations.❤ All ...
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... crew , on my return on board the Vostok , to have any communication whatever with the crew of the Congress . 2nd . At dawn we observed a small Dutch frigate in the road , which saluted the fort and flag - ship . I sent Lieutenant Torson ...
... crew , on my return on board the Vostok , to have any communication whatever with the crew of the Congress . 2nd . At dawn we observed a small Dutch frigate in the road , which saluted the fort and flag - ship . I sent Lieutenant Torson ...
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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