Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 5G. P. Putnam, 1856 |
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... believed to have no existence whatever . On the 17th January they made Hull's Island , which has already been described , and was surveyed by the Vincennes . The party of Tahitians employed in taking turtles had left it . Captain Hudson ...
... believed to have no existence whatever . On the 17th January they made Hull's Island , which has already been described , and was surveyed by the Vincennes . The party of Tahitians employed in taking turtles had left it . Captain Hudson ...
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... believed she had descended . Some few of them got as far up as the gangway , one of whom had an ulcerated arm , which he desired might be cured . In each canoe there were ten men , who wore the maro , which was braided like matting . On ...
... believed she had descended . Some few of them got as far up as the gangway , one of whom had an ulcerated arm , which he desired might be cured . In each canoe there were ten men , who wore the maro , which was braided like matting . On ...
Strana 9
... high . A tree , believed to be a Pisonia , was more than twenty feet in circum- ference at its base , and about forty feet high . A beautiful species of VOL . V. 2 ficus , the Cape jessamine of Tahiti , and the BOWDITCH ISLAND . 9.
... high . A tree , believed to be a Pisonia , was more than twenty feet in circum- ference at its base , and about forty feet high . A beautiful species of VOL . V. 2 ficus , the Cape jessamine of Tahiti , and the BOWDITCH ISLAND . 9.
Strana 17
... believed that they would have gone to much greater lengths , if they had not been restrained by their fears . Along the coral reef were walls of coral , in the form of piers , eight or ten feet high , and from twenty - five to thirty ...
... believed that they would have gone to much greater lengths , if they had not been restrained by their fears . Along the coral reef were walls of coral , in the form of piers , eight or ten feet high , and from twenty - five to thirty ...
Strana 18
... believed that all their provisions are eaten raw . What strengthened this opinion , was the alarm the natives felt when they saw the sparks emanating from the flint and steel , and the emission of smoke from the mouths of those who were ...
... believed that all their provisions are eaten raw . What strengthened this opinion , was the alarm the natives felt when they saw the sparks emanating from the flint and steel , and the emission of smoke from the mouths of those who were ...
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A. T. Agate afford anchor Apamama Apia appearance arrival banks boats Borneo California canoes Cape Captain Hudson CHARLES WILKES chief Chinese coast cocoa-nut colour Columbia river consequence coral crew Datu direction distance dollars Drawn by A. T. east eastward encamped Engraved by R. S. Expedition fathoms feet frequently governor Gulf Stream harbour horses hour Hudson Bay Company hundred Indians inhabitants island kind Kingsmill Group Kuria land latitude latter Lieutenant Emmons longitude Malays Manilla Manono mats miles mission mountains natives night northwest Oahu observations obtained ocean officers pandanus party passed Peacock piculs Porpoise port reached reef resembling river Sacramento sail season seemed seen ship shore side Singapore Sooloo Straits Sultan survey temperature thing thousand tion town trade trees tribe usually vessels Vincennes weather westward whale whole wind