The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... islands stretch south - west to north - east from nearly 47 ° to 34 ° south latitude ( the corresponding latitudes in the northern hemisphere include the distance from Nantes to Madeira or Tripoli ) and thus lie considerably south of ...
... islands stretch south - west to north - east from nearly 47 ° to 34 ° south latitude ( the corresponding latitudes in the northern hemisphere include the distance from Nantes to Madeira or Tripoli ) and thus lie considerably south of ...
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... Islands were discovered by Captain Bristow ; in 1809 the insularity of the south island , 1 a fact almost certainly known to sealers for some years previously , was put on record , the island being named Stewart Island after the first ...
... Islands were discovered by Captain Bristow ; in 1809 the insularity of the south island , 1 a fact almost certainly known to sealers for some years previously , was put on record , the island being named Stewart Island after the first ...
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... South Island , on the other hand , presented the greater natural obstacles . The establishment of the Nelson settlement had directed attention to the exploration of the South Island and particularly of the almost unknown West Coast ...
... South Island , on the other hand , presented the greater natural obstacles . The establishment of the Nelson settlement had directed attention to the exploration of the South Island and particularly of the almost unknown West Coast ...
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