Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... feet 10 inches , beam 32 feet 8 inches , draught 9 feet 7 inches , had been built at St Petersburg in the Okhta dockyard by the shipbuilders , Stoke , in 1818. She was considered by the Minister of Marine as suitable for this voyage ...
... feet 10 inches , beam 32 feet 8 inches , draught 9 feet 7 inches , had been built at St Petersburg in the Okhta dockyard by the shipbuilders , Stoke , in 1818. She was considered by the Minister of Marine as suitable for this voyage ...
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... feet long ; and also with short hurl - bats called " Petu " , which they make out of the bones of a whale or of green stone , carved , about 15 to 18 inches long and about 4 inches wide and 2 inches thick . The end is smoothed all round ...
... feet long ; and also with short hurl - bats called " Petu " , which they make out of the bones of a whale or of green stone , carved , about 15 to 18 inches long and about 4 inches wide and 2 inches thick . The end is smoothed all round ...
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... feet gratings have been inserted to admit fresh air . At intervals of 700 feet small turrets have been erected for the inspection of the canal , as the water flows past them . These turrets are kept locked ; on either side of the canal ...
... feet gratings have been inserted to admit fresh air . At intervals of 700 feet small turrets have been erected for the inspection of the canal , as the water flows past them . These turrets are kept locked ; on either side of the canal ...
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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