Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... round the world in the sloop Kamchatka of the same build and dimensions . The Vostok was built of unseasoned pinewood and had only the usual strengthening ; the under - water part had been reinforced and on the outside it was protected ...
... round the world in the sloop Kamchatka of the same build and dimensions . The Vostok was built of unseasoned pinewood and had only the usual strengthening ; the under - water part had been reinforced and on the outside it was protected ...
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... round to the stern so that he could see them . With some of the officers , I spent some time in the afternoon in Ship Cove searching for a suitable place to obtain water . As we were approaching the cove , the exquisite singing of land ...
... round to the stern so that he could see them . With some of the officers , I spent some time in the afternoon in Ship Cove searching for a suitable place to obtain water . As we were approaching the cove , the exquisite singing of land ...
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... round Tierra del Fuego they were the first to enter the Pacific by this route . Since that time ships sailing round Tierra del Fuego frequently encountered continuous strong north - west head winds and gales , and were probably carried ...
... round Tierra del Fuego they were the first to enter the Pacific by this route . Since that time ships sailing round Tierra del Fuego frequently encountered continuous strong north - west head winds and gales , and were probably carried ...
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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