Works, Volume 68Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... Coast of Carmandel [ Coromandel Coast ] , where stands the Danish fortress called Dansborg2 . There they learnt that the yacht had first come to land about four miles from where this fortress now stands . Close by is a fortress called ...
... Coast of Carmandel [ Coromandel Coast ] , where stands the Danish fortress called Dansborg2 . There they learnt that the yacht had first come to land about four miles from where this fortress now stands . Close by is a fortress called ...
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... coast of Barbary3 , which I should fancy to be 600 sea - miles . One day during this fortnight of our voyage through ... coast , could not take a ship anywhere near Ireland , and indeed Jón , after a fortnight's wandering on the ocean ...
... coast of Barbary3 , which I should fancy to be 600 sea - miles . One day during this fortnight of our voyage through ... coast , could not take a ship anywhere near Ireland , and indeed Jón , after a fortnight's wandering on the ocean ...
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... coast , as disclosed from many early maps . For instance : Schoener's Globe ( 1523-4 ) shows Tanceri and Temasseri on the east coast of the peninsula , below Orissa . Orontius Finaeus on his map ( 1531 ) shows Tanasseri between Malipar ...
... coast , as disclosed from many early maps . For instance : Schoener's Globe ( 1523-4 ) shows Tanceri and Temasseri on the east coast of the peninsula , below Orissa . Orontius Finaeus on his map ( 1531 ) shows Tanasseri between Malipar ...
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A waterspout and mirage Crossing the Line | 56 |
Penguin Island Birds beasts and fish at the Cape | 64 |
Hottentots Description of Africa The Chris | 78 |
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