The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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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 no signs of it , he was to run westward between 40 ° and 35 ° until he came to the ...
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 no signs of it , he was to run westward between 40 ° and 35 ° until he came to the ...
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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, Part 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
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