Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 47
... distance of the moon from certain fixed stars on the Greenwich meridian was calculated and printed in the Nautical Almanac . The distance was observed with a sextant on board the ship and by interpolation from the tables the Greenwich ...
... distance of the moon from certain fixed stars on the Greenwich meridian was calculated and printed in the Nautical Almanac . The distance was observed with a sextant on board the ship and by interpolation from the tables the Greenwich ...
Page 47
... distance of the moon from certain fixed stars on the Greenwich meridian was calculated and printed in the Nautical Almanac . The distance was observed with a sextant on board the ship and by interpolation from the tables the Greenwich ...
... distance of the moon from certain fixed stars on the Greenwich meridian was calculated and printed in the Nautical Almanac . The distance was observed with a sextant on board the ship and by interpolation from the tables the Greenwich ...
Page 244
... distance of I mile . There was a fresh wind with squalls from east by south blowing direct on the shore . We were therefore compelled to haul off and lie well outside the range of possible danger during the night , with the result that ...
... distance of I mile . There was a fresh wind with squalls from east by south blowing direct on the shore . We were therefore compelled to haul off and lie well outside the range of possible danger during the night , with the result that ...
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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