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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... shores . It would , therefore , appear proper that a more minute account of its outfit should be given , thar could be expected of one despatched by an older nation . This is more particu- larly the case , as a great part of the ...
... shores . It would , therefore , appear proper that a more minute account of its outfit should be given , thar could be expected of one despatched by an older nation . This is more particu- larly the case , as a great part of the ...
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... shore on liberty , and thus show entire confidence in them . To my great surprise , they returned , to a man , showing that no disposition adverse to the service existed among them , and that the bad feeling was nothing more than what ...
... shore on liberty , and thus show entire confidence in them . To my great surprise , they returned , to a man , showing that no disposition adverse to the service existed among them , and that the bad feeling was nothing more than what ...
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... shore at the mercy of the natives . Treachery is one of the invariable characteristics of savages and barbarians ; and very many of the fatal disasters which have befallen preceding navigators , have arisen from too great a reliance on ...
... shore at the mercy of the natives . Treachery is one of the invariable characteristics of savages and barbarians ; and very many of the fatal disasters which have befallen preceding navigators , have arisen from too great a reliance on ...
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... shores . The first appearance of Madeira did not come up to the idea we had formed of its beauties from the glowing description of travellers . It exhibited nothing to the distant view but a bare and broken rock , of huge dimensions ...
... shores . The first appearance of Madeira did not come up to the idea we had formed of its beauties from the glowing description of travellers . It exhibited nothing to the distant view but a bare and broken rock , of huge dimensions ...
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... shore , and gradually extending themselves upwards until the eye rests on the highest and most striking building , that of the convent of Nostra Señora de Monte . Through the western half of the island runs a central ridge , about five ...
... shore , and gradually extending themselves upwards until the eye rests on the highest and most striking building , that of the convent of Nostra Señora de Monte . Through the western half of the island runs a central ridge , about five ...
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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