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... hope the Books & Instruments is all good of their kind and I make no doubt of being able to give a Satisfactory account of all the places that we are so fortunate as to find out in the South Seas , If time and opportunity will permit ...
... hope the Books & Instruments is all good of their kind and I make no doubt of being able to give a Satisfactory account of all the places that we are so fortunate as to find out in the South Seas , If time and opportunity will permit ...
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... Hope . By this rout ... we should sooner be at home ; and if the ship should prove not to be in a condition to make the whole voyage , we should still save our lives . ' Wharton comments on this : ' These are scarcely the sentiments of ...
... Hope . By this rout ... we should sooner be at home ; and if the ship should prove not to be in a condition to make the whole voyage , we should still save our lives . ' Wharton comments on this : ' These are scarcely the sentiments of ...
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... hope of keeping in company with the Dolphin , labouring in the Straits twelve miles astern . Carteret makes no comment . On the afternoon of 11 April ( the nautical day begins at noon ) he got up fore - top - gallant yard and set the ...
... hope of keeping in company with the Dolphin , labouring in the Straits twelve miles astern . Carteret makes no comment . On the afternoon of 11 April ( the nautical day begins at noon ) he got up fore - top - gallant yard and set the ...
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