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Page 49
So Cook sailed westward. One fact which he omitted to mention in his discussion
of his motives, was that on the Endeavour he had a map on which a dotted line
traced the course of Torres in 1607,” for just as the mysteries of religions may be
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So Cook sailed westward. One fact which he omitted to mention in his discussion
of his motives, was that on the Endeavour he had a map on which a dotted line
traced the course of Torres in 1607,” for just as the mysteries of religions may be
...
Page 54
But the majority dismissed it as a huge joke, though it may be a tribute to the
stature of Cook that the scribblers left him out of their mockery. Officialdom also
recognized his achievement, for on 14 August 1771 Cook was given his captain's
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But the majority dismissed it as a huge joke, though it may be a tribute to the
stature of Cook that the scribblers left him out of their mockery. Officialdom also
recognized his achievement, for on 14 August 1771 Cook was given his captain's
...
Page 395
(Rickman, J.): Journal of Captain Cook's last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on
Discovery; performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, . . . London, 1781.
Anon.: Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Seven, Or, A picture of the Manners and
...
(Rickman, J.): Journal of Captain Cook's last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on
Discovery; performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, . . . London, 1781.
Anon.: Seventeen Hundred and Seventy-Seven, Or, A picture of the Manners and
...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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