A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean: With Descriptions of Its Coasts, Islands, Etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and Those of New Zealand, Australia, Etc. Its Winds, Currents, and Passages |
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14 miles anchor anchorage appearance Archipelago bank bearing bluff boats bottom cable's length cables Callao called Cape Colville Cape Froward Cape Horn Cape Pillar Capt Captain centre channel chart cliffs coast Cook coral coral reef cove D'Urville dangerous deep depth direction discovered distance East eastern eastward entrance extends extreme fathoms feet high forms full and change gales half a mile harbour height high water hills inhabitants islets lagoon land latitude leagues lies low water mile wide miles long mountains named narrow natives navigation nearly North head North side northern northward Pacific passage passed peak peninsula Port reef remarkable rise River rocks rocky round runs sailing Salomon Islands sand seen shelter ship shoal shore Sir James Ross small island Sound South point southern southward Strait summit Tahiti tide Tierra del Fuego Tonga-tabu Valparaiso voyage weather western side westward whale wooded Zealand