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Page xxi
... given to Narborough 100 years before . The remainder of the voluminous instructions , the rough draft of which had received the King's personal approval , dealt at length with the technical conduct of the voyage and Byron's action when ...
... given to Narborough 100 years before . The remainder of the voluminous instructions , the rough draft of which had received the King's personal approval , dealt at length with the technical conduct of the voyage and Byron's action when ...
Page li
... given , showing re- spectively the ' longitude supposed ' ( i.e. from dead - reckoning ) and the ' longitude observed by Dr Masculine's [ sic ] method ' . Each of the lists disagrees in many cases with Wallis's figures given in the text ...
... given , showing re- spectively the ' longitude supposed ' ( i.e. from dead - reckoning ) and the ' longitude observed by Dr Masculine's [ sic ] method ' . Each of the lists disagrees in many cases with Wallis's figures given in the text ...
Page 222
... given at length by Hawkesworth . There is little information in it that Robertson has not already given . The MS . is bound with that of Wallis's Journal ( P.R.O. , Ad . 55/35 ) . Their came a Large double canoe from the S.W. point 222 ...
... given at length by Hawkesworth . There is little information in it that Robertson has not already given . The MS . is bound with that of Wallis's Journal ( P.R.O. , Ad . 55/35 ) . Their came a Large double canoe from the S.W. point 222 ...
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