Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 225
... sighted Oparo , which presents four summits to a vessel approaching from the westward . But such a conclusion would not agree with the following extract from the Voyages of Quiros : " On February 5th of 1606 , having proceeded about 25 ...
... sighted Oparo , which presents four summits to a vessel approaching from the westward . But such a conclusion would not agree with the following extract from the Voyages of Quiros : " On February 5th of 1606 , having proceeded about 25 ...
Page 248
... sighted to the westward on the previous evening from the look - out . There was a fresh easterly wind blowing but no sea , and we were going at a good speed . Land was sighted right ahead from the look - out at a distance of 18 miles.2 ...
... sighted to the westward on the previous evening from the look - out . There was a fresh easterly wind blowing but no sea , and we were going at a good speed . Land was sighted right ahead from the look - out at a distance of 18 miles.2 ...
Page 292
... sighted before the others . Captain Cook , when off the southern extremity of the 1st Palliser Island , sighted land south - south - east to windward . I take that land to be the island which I surveyed , and I kept to the name of the ...
... sighted before the others . Captain Cook , when off the southern extremity of the 1st Palliser Island , sighted land south - south - east to windward . I take that land to be the island which I surveyed , and I kept to the name of the ...
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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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