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If he had followed this route he might have discovered Heard Island , but little
else . By the second route , when sailing east in fifty - two to fifty - four degrees of
south latitude , at the longitude of the islands of St Peter and St Francis , he could
...
If he had followed this route he might have discovered Heard Island , but little
else . By the second route , when sailing east in fifty - two to fifty - four degrees of
south latitude , at the longitude of the islands of St Peter and St Francis , he could
...
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Cape Horn in 1764 , followed by Wallis and Carteret in 1766 , all in search of
countries hitherto unknown to any European power to redound to the honour of
the nation , the dignity of the crown , and the advancement of trade and
navigation .
Cape Horn in 1764 , followed by Wallis and Carteret in 1766 , all in search of
countries hitherto unknown to any European power to redound to the honour of
the nation , the dignity of the crown , and the advancement of trade and
navigation .
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on the priest tended to perpetrate that ignorance , superstition , priestcraft ,
servility , poverty , filth , disease , drunkenness and lying which in Protestant eyes
followed Catholicism as night followed day . For the Protestant believed
passionately ...
on the priest tended to perpetrate that ignorance , superstition , priestcraft ,
servility , poverty , filth , disease , drunkenness and lying which in Protestant eyes
followed Catholicism as night followed day . For the Protestant believed
passionately ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
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