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Page xxiii
... Spanish and Portuguese settlements on the coast of South America , the instructions continue : You are then to proceed with the Dolphin and the Swallow round Cape Horn or through the Strait of Magellan , as you shall find most ...
... Spanish and Portuguese settlements on the coast of South America , the instructions continue : You are then to proceed with the Dolphin and the Swallow round Cape Horn or through the Strait of Magellan , as you shall find most ...
Page xxvi
... Spanish ambassador in London , not content with the fragmentary information supplied by the newspapers , succeeded ( with the help of the French ambassador ) in purchasing from one of the Dolphin's men an account of the voyage and a ...
... Spanish ambassador in London , not content with the fragmentary information supplied by the newspapers , succeeded ( with the help of the French ambassador ) in purchasing from one of the Dolphin's men an account of the voyage and a ...
Page 239
... larger island , Mas - a - tierra , had already been garrisoned by the Spanish ( after Anson's raid ) , as Carteret dis- covered in May of this year ( 1767 ) . Now let us consider how long this fleet has been 239 Towards ' Old England '
... larger island , Mas - a - tierra , had already been garrisoned by the Spanish ( after Anson's raid ) , as Carteret dis- covered in May of this year ( 1767 ) . Now let us consider how long this fleet has been 239 Towards ' Old England '
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