Works, Volume 98Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page xxii
... situation of the Tuamotu Archipelago , which , stretching for 1,500 miles across the ocean and breaking the free ocean swell , had naturally put into the minds of navigators who had sailed near it the thought of a great land mass . The ...
... situation of the Tuamotu Archipelago , which , stretching for 1,500 miles across the ocean and breaking the free ocean swell , had naturally put into the minds of navigators who had sailed near it the thought of a great land mass . The ...
Page 91
... situation , we therefor weighd the best Bower , and let go the Small , untill we examind the best Bower cable , which we found all good but the above nine fatham which we cut off and spliced the Cable again , then weighed the small Br ...
... situation , we therefor weighd the best Bower , and let go the Small , untill we examind the best Bower cable , which we found all good but the above nine fatham which we cut off and spliced the Cable again , then weighed the small Br ...
Page 234
... Situation of Port Royal Bay I know its Latt and Longitude to the Greatest nicety - but whats the produce of its Mountains and the oyther inland parts I know not , but I dare venter to say their is upward of a hundred thousant1 Men Women ...
... Situation of Port Royal Bay I know its Latt and Longitude to the Greatest nicety - but whats the produce of its Mountains and the oyther inland parts I know not , but I dare venter to say their is upward of a hundred thousant1 Men Women ...
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