Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Svazek 2Lea and Blanchard, 1845 |
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... thick that we lost sight of the Porpoise , and could not hear any answer to our signals . I therefore determined to work along the barrier to the westward . We were all day beating in a thick fog , with the barrier of ice close to us ...
... thick that we lost sight of the Porpoise , and could not hear any answer to our signals . I therefore determined to work along the barrier to the westward . We were all day beating in a thick fog , with the barrier of ice close to us ...
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... thick to see much beyond it . Sailing in this way I felt to be extremely hazardous ; but our time was so short for the examination of this icy coast , that while the barrier was to be seen , I deemed it my duty to proceed . We ...
... thick to see much beyond it . Sailing in this way I felt to be extremely hazardous ; but our time was so short for the examination of this icy coast , that while the barrier was to be seen , I deemed it my duty to proceed . We ...
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... thick snow came on , we had taken the bearings of the ice - islands , and finding we had a few miles comparatively free from them , I determined to await the result of the storm , and made every thing snug to encounter it . The gale con ...
... thick snow came on , we had taken the bearings of the ice - islands , and finding we had a few miles comparatively free from them , I determined to await the result of the storm , and made every thing snug to encounter it . The gale con ...
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A. T. Agate Apia Apolima appearance arrival aurora australis barrier basalt Bay of Islands boat bread-fruit canoes Captain Hudson Captain M'Arthur character CHARLES WILKES chiefs coast cocoa-nut colony colour Commanding Exploring Expedition consul convicts crew crime cruise distance district Engraved exhibited extending fathoms field-ice fifty Flying-Fish gale Governor harbour height Hokianga houses hundred feet ice-islands icebergs labour lake land latitude latter longitude Macquarie Macquarie Island Manono mats miles missionaries mountains natives Norfolk Island northward observations obtained officers Papieti Paramatta party passed Peacock persons Pomare Porpoise Port Port Jackson pounds quantity reached received reef remarkable residence ridge river rock sail Samoan Savaii seen shore side Sketched by A. T. snow Society Islands South Wales southward squadron Sydney Tahiti temperature thick thousand trees Tutuila Upolu vessels village Vincennes weather westward whole wind Zealand