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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... sailed shortly after Wallis and Carteret , and made a notable voyage through the southern Pacific in 1768. He visited Tahiti , only to find that the British had forestalled him , but subsequently made new discoveries in the Samoa group ...
... sailed shortly after Wallis and Carteret , and made a notable voyage through the southern Pacific in 1768. He visited Tahiti , only to find that the British had forestalled him , but subsequently made new discoveries in the Samoa group ...
Page 48
... sailed by way of Cape Horn . After passing it , he kept farther away from the Chilean coast than was usual in the course towards tropical latitudes , in order not to miss sighting the continent which was surmised to lie west of southern ...
... sailed by way of Cape Horn . After passing it , he kept farther away from the Chilean coast than was usual in the course towards tropical latitudes , in order not to miss sighting the continent which was surmised to lie west of southern ...
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... sailed out to make more captures . He ordered that , during his absence , fourteen British seamen should be employed in transferring stores from other captured ships to the Seringapatam . These fourteen , upon an arranged signal ...
... sailed out to make more captures . He ordered that , during his absence , fourteen British seamen should be employed in transferring stores from other captured ships to the Seringapatam . These fourteen , upon an arranged signal ...
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