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... narratives of exploration . It is to be hoped that the two books which he finished will be published , and that his Life of Alexander Dalrymple , of which the MS . material is in our posses- sion , will be completed by another hand . It ...
... narratives of exploration . It is to be hoped that the two books which he finished will be published , and that his Life of Alexander Dalrymple , of which the MS . material is in our posses- sion , will be completed by another hand . It ...
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... narrative the course from the Galapagos , the distance from them , and the description of the land seen , all of which are circum- stantially related and confirmed by Dampier . For centuries the world has been misled in this simple ...
... narrative the course from the Galapagos , the distance from them , and the description of the land seen , all of which are circum- stantially related and confirmed by Dampier . For centuries the world has been misled in this simple ...
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... narratives of Wallis and Cook ( in Hawkesworth's version ) and of Bougainville substantially contributed to the sentimental con- ception of an innocent primitive society , upon which the most significant social theory of the later ...
... narratives of Wallis and Cook ( in Hawkesworth's version ) and of Bougainville substantially contributed to the sentimental con- ception of an innocent primitive society , upon which the most significant social theory of the later ...
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