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Page xxix
... fact , the most considerable Chief in all Tahiti for the nonce ; and even the Atehuru family dared not openly oppose him . Small wonder , then , that he developed the Tahitian equivalent for ' swollen head , ' which reached a climax ...
... fact , the most considerable Chief in all Tahiti for the nonce ; and even the Atehuru family dared not openly oppose him . Small wonder , then , that he developed the Tahitian equivalent for ' swollen head , ' which reached a climax ...
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... fact , if we read 17 ° 3 ′ for 17 ° 9 ′ ( 3 and 9 being easily mistaken for each other in old Spanish ) this one becomes exact also . For the longitudes an accumulated error of from 5 ° to 6 ° has to be allowed for , as else- where ...
... fact , if we read 17 ° 3 ′ for 17 ° 9 ′ ( 3 and 9 being easily mistaken for each other in old Spanish ) this one becomes exact also . For the longitudes an accumulated error of from 5 ° to 6 ° has to be allowed for , as else- where ...
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... fact , at five o'clock in the morning of the 1st of November , there came into view an island whose middle part bore South from us . Having diverged from the latitude of 17 ° 27 ′ on the previous day to make the isle of San Quintin ...
... fact , at five o'clock in the morning of the 1st of November , there came into view an island whose middle part bore South from us . Having diverged from the latitude of 17 ° 27 ′ on the previous day to make the isle of San Quintin ...
Contents
List of PLATES and CHARTS | xii |
LETTER from DR COMMERSON of the Boudeuse | xvi |
2128 | xviii |
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