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Page xxv
... Wallis's report of the discovery of Tahiti came most opportunely for the transit expedition . It became possible to appoint a definite ' place of destination ' where the expedition would be received with friendship , could make its ...
... Wallis's report of the discovery of Tahiti came most opportunely for the transit expedition . It became possible to appoint a definite ' place of destination ' where the expedition would be received with friendship , could make its ...
Page xxix
... Wallis himself identified Tahiti with Quiros's landfall is not known ; it is not so identified in Wallis's Journal , nor by Hawkesworth . The special feature of the Dolphin was her copper sheathing The Discovery of Tahiti The Dolphin ...
... Wallis himself identified Tahiti with Quiros's landfall is not known ; it is not so identified in Wallis's Journal , nor by Hawkesworth . The special feature of the Dolphin was her copper sheathing The Discovery of Tahiti The Dolphin ...
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... Wallis's own Journal as used by Hawkesworth is in Ad . 55/35 . Official Instructions , correspondence before and after the voyage , commission books , and the Muster Roll ( Ad . 36/7580 ) are all in their proper places . In the British ...
... Wallis's own Journal as used by Hawkesworth is in Ad . 55/35 . Official Instructions , correspondence before and after the voyage , commission books , and the Muster Roll ( Ad . 36/7580 ) are all in their proper places . In the British ...
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abreast Acct allong shore Anchor appears aquanted Armd Ashore Barge best Bower betwixt Boats breeze Cable calld canoes Cape Horn Cape Pillar Capt caried cloath closs Cutter deck Dolphin doun Falkland Islands fatham water fire fowls freind fresh Gale fruit Gale and Cloudy gave Gunner Hail and Rain Hogs Indians Island keept King Georges Island Land Lattde Leag Lieut likeways lyke Magellan Mile Moderate Gale Mussels mutch nails Natives neaver Night Noon oblidged Obsd onbd onboard Oppinion oyther pigs pleasent weather plenty Port Famin Port Royal Bay Queen Reeff reeft returnd Onbd River Robertson round Sail seemd sent Shoar side Small Bower Sound South and Longde Squaly Showers Steerd stood Store Ship Straits of Magellan Streights Sun rise Sun set supose Surprized Swallow Tahiti took topsails tould trade trees turnd voyage Wallis Wallis's West Wind Variable Wind Westerly Wood yards