Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 1C. Wilkes, 1849 - Počet stran: 599 |
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... BY CHARLES WILKES , U. S. N. COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION , MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY , ETC. IN FIVE VOLUMES , AND AN ATLAS . VOL . I. PHILADELPHIA : C. Why . 500l . ENTERED , ACCORDING TO THE 1849 . NARRATIVE.
... BY CHARLES WILKES , U. S. N. COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION , MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY , ETC. IN FIVE VOLUMES , AND AN ATLAS . VOL . I. PHILADELPHIA : C. Why . 500l . ENTERED , ACCORDING TO THE 1849 . NARRATIVE.
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... five fathoms , and the log - line fastened to the middle of it . One keg is made heavy enough to sink another air - tight , just beneath the sur- face of the water , so that we get the current uninfluenced by wind , and all the other ...
... five fathoms , and the log - line fastened to the middle of it . One keg is made heavy enough to sink another air - tight , just beneath the sur- face of the water , so that we get the current uninfluenced by wind , and all the other ...
Strana 5
... five feet above the roots . It had been a long time in the water , was full of barnacles , and much eaten by the teredo navalis . Great quantities of fish were about it , consisting of dolphins , sharks , & c . We did not , however ...
... five feet above the roots . It had been a long time in the water , was full of barnacles , and much eaten by the teredo navalis . Great quantities of fish were about it , consisting of dolphins , sharks , & c . We did not , however ...
Strana 6
... five to fourteen feet ; the width of the wave , from the same causes , was equally variable , and each successive result varied from that which preceded it . Before sunset , we cast anchor in company with the Porpoise and Sea - Gull ...
... five to fourteen feet ; the width of the wave , from the same causes , was equally variable , and each successive result varied from that which preceded it . Before sunset , we cast anchor in company with the Porpoise and Sea - Gull ...
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... five thousand feet high , on which is an extensive plain , called Paul de Serra , which is mostly overgrown , and is used especially for breeding mules and horses . The eastern portion of the island , though quite elevated , is less so ...
... five thousand feet high , on which is an extensive plain , called Paul de Serra , which is mostly overgrown , and is used especially for breeding mules and horses . The eastern portion of the island , though quite elevated , is less so ...
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A. T. Agate anchored appearance arrival boats Bolivia Callao Cape CHARLES WILKES Chili Chilian coast Commanding Exploring Expedition coral Cordilleras crew Deception Island direction discharged at Oahu distance Drayton duties eastward Engraved fathoms Flying-Fish Freyre gale Gamarra gentlemen height Hermit Islands hundred feet huts icebergs inhabitants island Joined at Oahu Joined at Rio Lafuente land latitude Lieutenant Lieutenant-Commandant Lima longitude Madeira miles mines morning mountains natives night northward observed obtained officers Orange Harbour Orbejoso Ord'y Seaman party passed Peacock Peru Peru-Bolivian Confederation Peruvian Porpoise port President Quillota Raraka reached Relief returned rock run at Sydney sail Salaverry Santa Cruz Sea-Gull seen sent served the cruise shore side Sketched snow South Peru southward squadron temperature thermometer troops U. S. Ship Vincennes United Valparaiso vessels weather westward whole wind