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Page lxiv
... course , four points or sectors of 11 ° 15 ' apiece . Thus a point , as we call it , was considered , in Spanish , as a cuarta or ' quarter ' ( of an octant ) ; and it was the custom to say , for instance , O.S.O. ( W. S.W. ) instead of ...
... course , four points or sectors of 11 ° 15 ' apiece . Thus a point , as we call it , was considered , in Spanish , as a cuarta or ' quarter ' ( of an octant ) ; and it was the custom to say , for instance , O.S.O. ( W. S.W. ) instead of ...
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... course , in the barco longo . It was he who wrote the Journal of the expedition . The person next in importance was one Cosme Ugarte , the pilotin or navigation cadet : who went as sailing - master of the expedition , handled the ...
... course , in the barco longo . It was he who wrote the Journal of the expedition . The person next in importance was one Cosme Ugarte , the pilotin or navigation cadet : who went as sailing - master of the expedition , handled the ...
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... course for Valparaiso ; for we ought not to prolong the commission , inasmuch as we did not know what sort of weather might be in store for us during what had yet to be performed of the voyage , seeing that we carried no pilot ...
... course for Valparaiso ; for we ought not to prolong the commission , inasmuch as we did not know what sort of weather might be in store for us during what had yet to be performed of the voyage , seeing that we carried no pilot ...
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List of PLATES and CHARTS | xi |
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST of MSS and printed Books | lxx |
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