A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Volume 11 |
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... length , reaching near upon from the third degree of north latitude to the nineteenth degree , and in breadth about fix degrees of longitude . They derive this name from Philip II . King of Spain ; and even now do they moft of them ...
... length , reaching near upon from the third degree of north latitude to the nineteenth degree , and in breadth about fix degrees of longitude . They derive this name from Philip II . King of Spain ; and even now do they moft of them ...
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... length and breadth , by how much they are nearer the root , and at laft decay and rot off : but ftill there are young leaves fpring up out of the top , which makes the tree look always green and flourishing . When the tree is full grown ...
... length and breadth , by how much they are nearer the root , and at laft decay and rot off : but ftill there are young leaves fpring up out of the top , which makes the tree look always green and flourishing . When the tree is full grown ...
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... length from fhore . Here we were forced to fhelter ourselves from the violence of the weather , which was fo boisterous with rains and tornados and a strong wefterly wind , that we were very glad to find this place to anchor in , being ...
... length from fhore . Here we were forced to fhelter ourselves from the violence of the weather , which was fo boisterous with rains and tornados and a strong wefterly wind , that we were very glad to find this place to anchor in , being ...
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... length declining we steered to leeward of the island of the Corregidor , that is , by the fouthern paffage , for the bay , where we made feveral long tacks in order to fetch the anchoring place ; this we reached on the 11th of February ...
... length declining we steered to leeward of the island of the Corregidor , that is , by the fouthern paffage , for the bay , where we made feveral long tacks in order to fetch the anchoring place ; this we reached on the 11th of February ...
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... length by from twelve to fourteen in breadth . Its centre lies under the tenth degree of latitude chart , and chiefly for the purpofe of noticing that , although in the inftance of Mindanao the French league of twenty to a degree is ...
... length by from twelve to fourteen in breadth . Its centre lies under the tenth degree of latitude chart , and chiefly for the purpofe of noticing that , although in the inftance of Mindanao the French league of twenty to a degree is ...
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afhore againſt alfo almoſt alſo Amboyna anchor Batavia becauſe befides Behaim beſt boat called canoes Cape Captain Cook chief Chineſe cloſe cloves coaft coaſt Company confequence confiderable confifted courſe defign defired diſcovered diſcovery diſtance Dutch eaft eaſt Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed faid fail fame fathoms feemed feen fent feven feveral fhall fhewed fhip fhore fhort fhould fide filk fince firft firſt fiſh fituation fmall fome fometimes foon fouth freſh fubject fuch greateſt himſelf hogs houfe houſes hundred Indians inhabitants iſland Java King laft land laſt latitude leagues leaſt likewife Macaffer Manila Martin Behaim Mindanao moft morning moſt muſt natives nutmegs obferved occafion paffage paffed perfons Pigafetta Portugueſe prefent purpoſe reafon refpect rix-dollars ſeemed ſeen ſeveral ſhip ſmall thefe themſelves theſe theſe iſlands thofe thoſe thouſand trees uſe veffels vifit voyage weft wind Zubu
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Page 65 - The two fore-teeth of their upper jaw are wanting in all of them, men and women, old and young, whether they draw them out, I know not; neither have they any beards.
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Page 659 - I learned from Omai, was, that they were all, both old and young, to look upon me as a friend, who intended to remain with them a few days; that during my stay they must not steal...
Page 642 - Kahoora folded his arms, hung down his head, and looked like one caught in a trap ; and I firmly believe he expected instant death.
Page 634 - In the afternoon, we were agreeably surprised, at the place where we were cutting wood, with a visit from some of the natives ; eight men and a boy. They approached us from the woods, without betraying any marks of fear, or rather with the greatest confidence imaginable ; for none of them had any weapons, except one, who held in his hand a stick about two feet long, and pointed at one end. They were quite naked, and wore no ornaments...
Page 596 - A party who had been sent out in the morning to view the country now returned. They had not proceeded far before a middle-aged man, punctured from head to foot, and his face painted with a sort of white pigment, appeared with a spear in his hand, and walked alongside of them, making signs to his countrymen to keep at a distance, and not to molest them.
Page 595 - ... that many of them swam off to meet the boats. Not one of them had so much as a stick or weapon of any sort in their hands.
Page 582 - Great injustice has been done to the women of Otaheite, and the Society Isles, by those who have represented them, without exception, as ready to grant the last .favour to any man who will come up to their price. But this is by no means the case : the favours of married women, and also the unmarried of the better sort, are as difficult to be obtained here, as in any other country whatever. Neither can the charge be understood indiscriminately of the unmarried of the lower class, for many of these...