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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... trees , and of it all their mats are made ; a little corn is grown , and they have the papaw - apple ( Papaya ) , and water - melon . The missionaries have introduced the sweet orange from Tahiti , and a species of cherimoyer ( Annona ) ...
... trees , and of it all their mats are made ; a little corn is grown , and they have the papaw - apple ( Papaya ) , and water - melon . The missionaries have introduced the sweet orange from Tahiti , and a species of cherimoyer ( Annona ) ...
Strana 33
... trees torn up by the roots ; vessels are driven on shore ; canoes lost or driven hundreds of miles away to other islands . In these storms the wind is frequently observed to change almost immediately from one point to its opposite ; and ...
... trees torn up by the roots ; vessels are driven on shore ; canoes lost or driven hundreds of miles away to other islands . In these storms the wind is frequently observed to change almost immediately from one point to its opposite ; and ...
Strana 306
... trees of sandalwood were met with , the largest of which were no more than twenty feet high , and had a stem only six inches in diameter at the height of eighteen inches from the base . The general habit of the tree is represented as of ...
... trees of sandalwood were met with , the largest of which were no more than twenty feet high , and had a stem only six inches in diameter at the height of eighteen inches from the base . The general habit of the tree is represented as of ...
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