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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... night , before a brisk gale , at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour . The sea was unusually phosphorescent , and the night was disagreeable with rain and mists . The Peacock and Flying - Fish followed us . The morning proved fine ...
... night , before a brisk gale , at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour . The sea was unusually phosphorescent , and the night was disagreeable with rain and mists . The Peacock and Flying - Fish followed us . The morning proved fine ...
Strana 183
... night , and by 10 A. M. on the 18th , we again anchored at Levuka . The night of the 17th , during my absence at Rewa , there was a report that the observatory was to be attacked . Thirty men were , in consequence , landed by Lieutenant ...
... night , and by 10 A. M. on the 18th , we again anchored at Levuka . The night of the 17th , during my absence at Rewa , there was a report that the observatory was to be attacked . Thirty men were , in consequence , landed by Lieutenant ...
Strana 435
... nights . He , Smith , left the house , on account of this usage , on Friday night , 10th instant , and came to Maitland's lodgings , at twelve o'clock at night , bringing with him three axes , four fathoms of cloth , a shawl , and a ...
... nights . He , Smith , left the house , on account of this usage , on Friday night , 10th instant , and came to Maitland's lodgings , at twelve o'clock at night , bringing with him three axes , four fathoms of cloth , a shawl , and a ...
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