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Page xxi
... known waters and his pleasure at departing for fresh exploration is obvious enough . • The cruise of the ships in New Zealand waters was very much after the pattern of Cook's , and to the same locality . While it added nothing important ...
... known waters and his pleasure at departing for fresh exploration is obvious enough . • The cruise of the ships in New Zealand waters was very much after the pattern of Cook's , and to the same locality . While it added nothing important ...
Page xxviii
... known of the Russian voyage as he was at the South Shetlands immediately before and soon after , but his own remarkable voyage was made long before the Bellings- hausen narrative appeared . The contrast between the expeditions of the ...
... known of the Russian voyage as he was at the South Shetlands immediately before and soon after , but his own remarkable voyage was made long before the Bellings- hausen narrative appeared . The contrast between the expeditions of the ...
Page 294
... known navigator had so far extended his voyages . At daybreak we again directed our course N.W. by W. I intended to proceed as far as latitude 10 ° S. and then continue westward on this parallel , in order to determine if the islands of ...
... known navigator had so far extended his voyages . At daybreak we again directed our course N.W. by W. I intended to proceed as far as latitude 10 ° S. and then continue westward on this parallel , in order to determine if the islands of ...
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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