Works, Volume 98Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... Indies , but upon certain discoveries , which it was thought might be of great importance to our country , in consideration of which the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty had been pleased to promise them double pay , and several ...
... Indies , but upon certain discoveries , which it was thought might be of great importance to our country , in consideration of which the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty had been pleased to promise them double pay , and several ...
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... Indies , where cord was made from the fibres of lustrous grasses . In the Tuamotu islands , the fibres of cocoanut husks were the principal raw material for cord or line , which was plaited or twisted but not spun . foot Long - the ...
... Indies , where cord was made from the fibres of lustrous grasses . In the Tuamotu islands , the fibres of cocoanut husks were the principal raw material for cord or line , which was plaited or twisted but not spun . foot Long - the ...
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... Indies Company . For many years his Journal was thought to be lost , search having been made for it in the archives of the Dutch East India Company . It was only in the nineteenth century that the Journal was located in its place among ...
... Indies Company . For many years his Journal was thought to be lost , search having been made for it in the archives of the Dutch East India Company . It was only in the nineteenth century that the Journal was located in its place among ...
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