A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Volume 11 |
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Page 419
... without knowing this , and faw the same shores , but this happened after the exploration of the two navigators alluded to . AMORETTI . 3 H 2 died 420 died on the 29th of July in that year PIGAFETTA'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD . 419.
... without knowing this , and faw the same shores , but this happened after the exploration of the two navigators alluded to . AMORETTI . 3 H 2 died 420 died on the 29th of July in that year PIGAFETTA'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD . 419.
Page 581
... same stool with himself , and the other gentlemen on the ground by them , he began to enquire after feveral by name who were with him on his former voyage . He next enquired how long they would ftay ; and when he told him no longer than ...
... same stool with himself , and the other gentlemen on the ground by them , he began to enquire after feveral by name who were with him on his former voyage . He next enquired how long they would ftay ; and when he told him no longer than ...
Page 611
... same time , they all knew he had not been out of his house the whole time . Things were now once more reftored to their former ftate ; and Otoo promised on his part , that , the next day , they fhould be fupplied with fruit , & c . as ...
... same time , they all knew he had not been out of his house the whole time . Things were now once more reftored to their former ftate ; and Otoo promised on his part , that , the next day , they fhould be fupplied with fruit , & c . as ...
Page 644
... same manner as the hair on their heads . The following is a fpecimen of Van Diemen's Land vocabulary . Quadne , Eve'rai , Muidje , Ka'my , Lae'renne , Koy'gee , No'onga , Teegera , Toga'rago , A woman . The eye . The nofe . The teeth ...
... same manner as the hair on their heads . The following is a fpecimen of Van Diemen's Land vocabulary . Quadne , Eve'rai , Muidje , Ka'my , Lae'renne , Koy'gee , No'onga , Teegera , Toga'rago , A woman . The eye . The nofe . The teeth ...
Page 668
... same substance , split , and laid along the ground , and , by that means , furnishing a tone as acute , as thofe produced by the others were grave . The reft of the band , as well as thofe who performed upon the bamboos , fung a flow ...
... same substance , split , and laid along the ground , and , by that means , furnishing a tone as acute , as thofe produced by the others were grave . The reft of the band , as well as thofe who performed upon the bamboos , fung a flow ...
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afhore againſt alfo almoſt alſo Amboyna anchor Batavia becauſe befides Behaim beſt boat called canoes Cape Captain Cook chief Chineſe cloſe cloves coaft coaſt Company confequence confiderable confifted courſe defign defired diſcovered diſcovery diſtance Dutch eaft eaſt Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed faid fail fame fathoms feemed feen fent feven feveral fhall fhewed fhip fhore fhort fhould fide filk fince firft firſt fiſh fituation fmall fome fometimes foon fouth freſh fubject fuch greateſt himſelf hogs houfe houſes hundred Indians inhabitants iſland Java King laft land laſt latitude leagues leaſt likewife Macaffer Manila Martin Behaim Mindanao moft morning moſt muſt natives nutmegs obferved occafion paffage paffed perfons Pigafetta Portugueſe prefent purpoſe reafon refpect rix-dollars ſeemed ſeen ſeveral ſhip ſmall thefe themſelves theſe theſe iſlands thofe thoſe thouſand trees uſe veffels vifit voyage weft wind Zubu
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Page 65 - The two fore-teeth of their upper jaw are wanting in all of them, men and women, old and young, whether they draw them out, I know not; neither have they any beards.
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Page 659 - I learned from Omai, was, that they were all, both old and young, to look upon me as a friend, who intended to remain with them a few days; that during my stay they must not steal...
Page 642 - Kahoora folded his arms, hung down his head, and looked like one caught in a trap ; and I firmly believe he expected instant death.
Page 634 - In the afternoon, we were agreeably surprised, at the place where we were cutting wood, with a visit from some of the natives ; eight men and a boy. They approached us from the woods, without betraying any marks of fear, or rather with the greatest confidence imaginable ; for none of them had any weapons, except one, who held in his hand a stick about two feet long, and pointed at one end. They were quite naked, and wore no ornaments...
Page 596 - A party who had been sent out in the morning to view the country now returned. They had not proceeded far before a middle-aged man, punctured from head to foot, and his face painted with a sort of white pigment, appeared with a spear in his hand, and walked alongside of them, making signs to his countrymen to keep at a distance, and not to molest them.
Page 595 - ... that many of them swam off to meet the boats. Not one of them had so much as a stick or weapon of any sort in their hands.
Page 582 - Great injustice has been done to the women of Otaheite, and the Society Isles, by those who have represented them, without exception, as ready to grant the last .favour to any man who will come up to their price. But this is by no means the case : the favours of married women, and also the unmarried of the better sort, are as difficult to be obtained here, as in any other country whatever. Neither can the charge be understood indiscriminately of the unmarried of the lower class, for many of these...