Works, Volume 98Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 126
... allong this shore at about three cable length distance , and fre- quently Sounded but found no ground with forty and fifty fa TM Line , when abreast of the Middle of the Island we saw Seven double canoes halld up on the shore with their ...
... allong this shore at about three cable length distance , and fre- quently Sounded but found no ground with forty and fifty fa TM Line , when abreast of the Middle of the Island we saw Seven double canoes halld up on the shore with their ...
Page 141
... allong the N ° side of this Land at about three miles distance from the shore . When we was abreast of the N ° most side of the Bay which was last mentioned , we saw two small islands which sheltered a very fine Roadstead , if there is ...
... allong the N ° side of this Land at about three miles distance from the shore . When we was abreast of the N ° most side of the Bay which was last mentioned , we saw two small islands which sheltered a very fine Roadstead , if there is ...
Page 237
... allong this Shore , which if once well knowen , would be of great use in Assisting a Ship to make her pashage the quicker , I am tould this is the Method which the Spanish Ships takes , which ' goe round Cape Horn . But their is some ...
... allong this Shore , which if once well knowen , would be of great use in Assisting a Ship to make her pashage the quicker , I am tould this is the Method which the Spanish Ships takes , which ' goe round Cape Horn . But their is some ...
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