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Page xxix
... Letter from Mr Dalrymple to Dr Hawkesworth , 1773 , p . 17 ) . See Burney , History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea , vol . 1 , pp . 281-2 ; and Brigham , Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean , pp . 7 , ISI . 3 ...
... Letter from Mr Dalrymple to Dr Hawkesworth , 1773 , p . 17 ) . See Burney , History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea , vol . 1 , pp . 281-2 ; and Brigham , Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean , pp . 7 , ISI . 3 ...
Page xxxi
... letter more notable I The first ship was the Alarm , a fifth - rate , sheathed in 1761. Copper shcathing was not generally adopted throughout the Navy until after 1783 ; Cook's Endeavour was sheathed with wood . for its facts than its ...
... letter more notable I The first ship was the Alarm , a fifth - rate , sheathed in 1761. Copper shcathing was not generally adopted throughout the Navy until after 1783 ; Cook's Endeavour was sheathed with wood . for its facts than its ...
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... Letter and the Officers ' Reports to you on the subject . As she was soon ordered to be fitted out again for a second Voyage of the same kind it was necessary to take off two or three strakes of the Copper above the light Draught of ...
... Letter and the Officers ' Reports to you on the subject . As she was soon ordered to be fitted out again for a second Voyage of the same kind it was necessary to take off two or three strakes of the Copper above the light Draught of ...
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