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difficulty in passing Point Lort , from the very strong outward set of the tide , which
we found to run with a velocity of five miles an hour . We were not able to make
way against it , though the log gave that rate of sailing . After beating about in this
...
difficulty in passing Point Lort , from the very strong outward set of the tide , which
we found to run with a velocity of five miles an hour . We were not able to make
way against it , though the log gave that rate of sailing . After beating about in this
...
Strana 112
rent was felt setting north 69 ° east , thirty - six miles ; water fell to 55 ° , air 59o .
On the 1st of January , they obtained soundings in fifty - five fathoms , fine yellow
and black sand ; this day there occurred a thunder - storm , with rain and hail .
rent was felt setting north 69 ° east , thirty - six miles ; water fell to 55 ° , air 59o .
On the 1st of January , they obtained soundings in fifty - five fathoms , fine yellow
and black sand ; this day there occurred a thunder - storm , with rain and hail .
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A few moments more , and we should have been wrecked . This proved to be
Elephant Island . We found from its position that we had been set upwards of fifty
miles to the eastward , in the last four days , by the current . We passed to
leeward ...
A few moments more , and we should have been wrecked . This proved to be
Elephant Island . We found from its position that we had been set upwards of fifty
miles to the eastward , in the last four days , by the current . We passed to
leeward ...
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When swollen it is a quarter of a mile wide , rapid and deep , and would cut off
the communication with the surrounding country were it ... They left Valparaiso on
the 17th for San Felipe , which is about one hundred miles north of Valparaiso .
When swollen it is a quarter of a mile wide , rapid and deep , and would cut off
the communication with the surrounding country were it ... They left Valparaiso on
the 17th for San Felipe , which is about one hundred miles north of Valparaiso .
Strana 187
Ten miles from Valparaiso , the valley of Villa del Mar , having a breadth of nearly
three miles , is crossed . This is a sandy plain , through which a broad shallow
stream , coming from the eastern hills , runs . At twenty - five miles they reached ...
Ten miles from Valparaiso , the valley of Villa del Mar , having a breadth of nearly
three miles , is crossed . This is a sandy plain , through which a broad shallow
stream , coming from the eastern hills , runs . At twenty - five miles they reached ...
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| Titul | Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 1 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Charles Wilkes United States Exploring Expedition – Svazky 1–5 |
| Autor | Charles Wilkes |
| Vydavatel | C. Sherman, 1849 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Kolumbijská univerzita |
| Digitalizováno | 30. leden 2018 |
| ISBN | 0608394742, 9780608394749 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 599 |
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