Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeOliver & Boyd, 1833 - 444 pàgines |
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... direction towards the equinoctial , -always with the same object of finding a pass- age to the Indies , and thus at last I reached the country at present named Florida , where , since my provisions began to fail me , I took the ...
... direction towards the equinoctial , -always with the same object of finding a pass- age to the Indies , and thus at last I reached the country at present named Florida , where , since my provisions began to fail me , I took the ...
Pàgina 42
... direction for twenty - five days , making in that time 500 leagues . A storm now attacked him , in which his little vessel had nearly perished , but he at last weathered the gale , and proceeding onwards for 400 leagues , arrived upon a ...
... direction for twenty - five days , making in that time 500 leagues . A storm now attacked him , in which his little vessel had nearly perished , but he at last weathered the gale , and proceeding onwards for 400 leagues , arrived upon a ...
Pàgina 83
... direction , —a circumstance from which Behring somewhat too hastily concluded , that he had reached the extrem- est northern point of Asia . He was of opinion that thence the coast must run to the west , and there- fore no junction with ...
... direction , —a circumstance from which Behring somewhat too hastily concluded , that he had reached the extrem- est northern point of Asia . He was of opinion that thence the coast must run to the west , and there- fore no junction with ...
Pàgina 107
... direction , as described by Behring and Tchirikow . These navigators , however , as we have seen , had not made a very particular exami- nation ; and although the tenor of Cook's instruc- tions did not permit him to devote much time to ...
... direction , as described by Behring and Tchirikow . These navigators , however , as we have seen , had not made a very particular exami- nation ; and although the tenor of Cook's instruc- tions did not permit him to devote much time to ...
Pàgina 132
... direction large islands , divided by deep sounds and channels . The time which this intelligent seaman could spare was not enough to complete the survey ; but , judging from what he did see , he was led to the belief that the entire ...
... direction large islands , divided by deep sounds and channels . The time which this intelligent seaman could spare was not enough to complete the survey ; but , judging from what he did see , he was led to the belief that the entire ...
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Pàgina 290 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Pàgina 203 - I now mixed up some vermilion in melted grease, and inscribed, in large characters, on the South-East face of the rock on which we had slept last night, this brief memorial - 'Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.
Pàgina 246 - Each of us thought the other weaker in intellect than himself, and more in need of advice and assistance.
Pàgina 148 - ... do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night; and, in fact, there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country without...
Pàgina 163 - ... so cruelly wounded. On this request being made, one of the Indians hastily drew his spear from the place where it was first lodged, and pierced it through her breast near the heart. The love of life, however, even in this most miserable state, was so predominant, that though this might...
Pàgina 355 - By his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in the air he knows him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all ardour,...
Pàgina 391 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno to descry new lands, .Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe; His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand.
Pàgina 355 - Tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful Cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous Crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
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Pàgina 148 - Women were made for labour; one of them can carry or haul as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night ; and in fact there is no such thing as travelling any considerable distance...