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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... miles from the island , south- southwest ( true ) . To the eastward of Tabutha lies the small island of Aro . This is a very pretty island , and has three reefs in its neighbourhood , -one lying northeast seven miles ; another , east ...
... miles from the island , south- southwest ( true ) . To the eastward of Tabutha lies the small island of Aro . This is a very pretty island , and has three reefs in its neighbourhood , -one lying northeast seven miles ; another , east ...
Strana 177
... miles long , and is awash , with the sea breaking over it . It is seven miles north - by - east from Katafanga . Lieutenant - Commandant Ringgold having understood from Tubou that the reef around Munia enclosed , besides that island ...
... miles long , and is awash , with the sea breaking over it . It is seven miles north - by - east from Katafanga . Lieutenant - Commandant Ringgold having understood from Tubou that the reef around Munia enclosed , besides that island ...
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... miles on the northeast side , and to within two miles of that of Vanua - valavo . Kanathia is three miles long from north to south , by two and a half miles from east to west ; it lies five miles west of Vanua - valavo . The passage ...
... miles on the northeast side , and to within two miles of that of Vanua - valavo . Kanathia is three miles long from north to south , by two and a half miles from east to west ; it lies five miles west of Vanua - valavo . The passage ...
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