 | 1805 - 506 pàgines
...Europeans on the spot, is evident from the following state" ments of Mr. T. ' It was only in 1702* that Captain Vancouvre laid down the keel of Tamahama's...of different sizes, from twenty-five to fifty tons 3 some of them were even copper-bottomed. ' He was, however, at this time much in want of naval stores... | |
 | 1806 - 924 pàgines
...himself to clíect his grand and favourite object, the establishment of a naval force, that at llie period of our arrival he had upwards of twenty vessels...and, to have his navy quickly placed on a respectable tooting, would pay well for them. He has also a certain number of bodv-guards to attend him, independently... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 pàgines
...more solid than captain Vancouver perceived. Ten years afterwards, when Mr. Turnbull was at Owhyhee, he had upwards of twenty vessels of different sizes, from twenty-five to fifty tons, some of them copper bottomed. Then he was in want of naval stores; but that want no longer exists. One of his vessels... | |
 | 1813 - 566 pàgines
...period of our arrival he had upwards of twenty vessels of different sizes, from twenty-five to seventy tons : some of them were even copperbottomed. He was,...however, at this time much in want of naval stores ; and, (o have his navy quickly placed on a respectable footing, would pay well for them. He has also between... | |
 | 1813 - 552 pàgines
...period of our arrival he had upwards of twenty vessels of different sizes, from twenty-five to seventy tons: some of them were even copper-bottomed. He was, however, at this time much in want of naval store; and, to have his navy quickly placed on a respectable footing, would pay well for them. He has... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1813 - 556 pàgines
...political conduct of the ambassador had been more circumspect, the result * Turnbull says, that in 1802 he had upwards of twenty vessels of different sizes, from twenty-five to seventy tons; some of them copper-bottomed. It was Captain Vancoime who laid the keel of Tamabama's... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1809 - 498 pàgines
...far more solid than Capt. Vancouver perceived. Ten years afterwards when Mr. Turnbull was at Owhyhee, he had upwards of twenty vessels of different sizes, from twenty-five to fifty tons, some of them copper-bottomed. Then he was in want of naval stores, but that want no longer exists. One of kis vessels... | |
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Vancouvre laid down the keel of Tamahama's first vessel, or rather craft ; but so assiduously has he applied himself to effect his grand and favourite object, the establishment of a naval force, that at the period of our arrival he had upwards of twenty... 