The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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The " Secret Instructions " issued by the Admiralty have recently come to light.1 After carrying out the astronomical work at Tahiti , Cook was to sail southward as far as 40 ° S. , in search of the continent ; then , if he discovered ...
The " Secret Instructions " issued by the Admiralty have recently come to light.1 After carrying out the astronomical work at Tahiti , Cook was to sail southward as far as 40 ° S. , in search of the continent ; then , if he discovered ...
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But the evidence , whilst good from the point of view of historical criticism , was not entirely convincing to the mind of a man of action who had already refuted book - learning in the matter of the southern continent .
But the evidence , whilst good from the point of view of historical criticism , was not entirely convincing to the mind of a man of action who had already refuted book - learning in the matter of the southern continent .
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... lose sight of New Zealand , whence it was hoped to procure flax , but otherwise it was to the continent that attention was turned - the real continent that had at last displaced the southern continent so long imagined and sought .
... lose sight of New Zealand , whence it was hoped to procure flax , but otherwise it was to the continent that attention was turned - the real continent that had at last displaced the southern continent so long imagined and sought .
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1933 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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