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Page 41
... wished there were a Lecture of Navigation read in this Citie , for the banishing of our former , grosse ignorance in Marine causes , and for the increase and generall multi- plying of the sea - knowledge in this age , wherein God hath ...
... wished there were a Lecture of Navigation read in this Citie , for the banishing of our former , grosse ignorance in Marine causes , and for the increase and generall multi- plying of the sea - knowledge in this age , wherein God hath ...
Page 94
... wished to show that voyages to the Pacific were not as difficult as was commonly thought , and that the misfortunes which had attended many of them were largely due to ignorance , lack of planning , and faulty organization . His purpose ...
... wished to show that voyages to the Pacific were not as difficult as was commonly thought , and that the misfortunes which had attended many of them were largely due to ignorance , lack of planning , and faulty organization . His purpose ...
Page 167
... wished me to succeed to the vacant post ; and to this , since my retirement from the India Office had given me the necessary leisure , I agreed . I was accordingly appointed on 28 March 1928 ; and at the same meeting Mr Edward Lynam ...
... wished me to succeed to the vacant post ; and to this , since my retirement from the India Office had given me the necessary leisure , I agreed . I was accordingly appointed on 28 March 1928 ; and at the same meeting Mr Edward Lynam ...
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