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Page xxix
... latitude attributed to Quiros's island and to Wallis's Tahiti outweighed the many topographical discre- pancies between them.2 This identification , which held the field for a century and a quarter , is no longer seriously sustained ...
... latitude attributed to Quiros's island and to Wallis's Tahiti outweighed the many topographical discre- pancies between them.2 This identification , which held the field for a century and a quarter , is no longer seriously sustained ...
Page 105
... latitude , and had sailed over the coastline of the supposed continent as reconstructed from the reports of Juan Fernandez , Davis and Roggeveen . The ship was slightly south of the latitude of the island of Juan Fernandez . 11 * 9 ...
... latitude , and had sailed over the coastline of the supposed continent as reconstructed from the reports of Juan Fernandez , Davis and Roggeveen . The ship was slightly south of the latitude of the island of Juan Fernandez . 11 * 9 ...
Page 276
... latitude and the ' leagues ' are to be implicitly accepted , it is then necessary to discredit in Wafer's narrative the course from the Galapagos , the distance from them , and the description of the land seen , all of which are circum ...
... latitude and the ' leagues ' are to be implicitly accepted , it is then necessary to discredit in Wafer's narrative the course from the Galapagos , the distance from them , and the description of the land seen , all of which are circum ...
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