Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Vydání 3Lea and Blanchard, 1845 Trade or public edition of Wilkes's narrative of the expedition directed to the general reader. The expedition roved from the southern most tip of South America to the Oregon coast, through the south and north Pacific and Antarctic waters. In the course of the expedition many locations were visited: Brazil, Patagonia, Chile, Peru, Samoa, Fiji, Tahiti, Borneo, the Philippines, Singapore with extended stays at Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. This and all eds later than 1845 appeared without an atlas. |
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... appearance , accompanied by six chiefs , and a retinue of thirty or forty men , form- ing a singular contrast to the unassuming appearance of the suite of the king . Another of the party was a chief of high rank , called Vuni- valu ...
... appearance , accompanied by six chiefs , and a retinue of thirty or forty men , form- ing a singular contrast to the unassuming appearance of the suite of the king . Another of the party was a chief of high rank , called Vuni- valu ...
Strana 214
... appearance . The natives called him Areea . He was about thirty years of age . The white men say that albinos are not unfrequently seen . I saw a man who was partially so , having an appearance as if he had been scalded about the face ...
... appearance . The natives called him Areea . He was about thirty years of age . The white men say that albinos are not unfrequently seen . I saw a man who was partially so , having an appearance as if he had been scalded about the face ...
Strana 373
... appearance of Oahu is by no means inviting ; it has a greater resemblance to the desert coast of Peru than any other of the Polyne- sian islands we had visited , and has as little appearance of cultivation . The country would be termed ...
... appearance of Oahu is by no means inviting ; it has a greater resemblance to the desert coast of Peru than any other of the Polyne- sian islands we had visited , and has as little appearance of cultivation . The country would be termed ...
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