The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville , a French soldier turned navigator , 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 ...
Louis Antoine de Bougainville , a French soldier turned navigator , 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 ...
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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 ... The observations were successfully made , and on 13 July 1769 the expedition sailed on the serious business of ...
After carrying out the astronomical work at Tahiti , Cook was to sail southward as far as 40 ° S. , in search of the ... The observations were successfully made , and on 13 July 1769 the expedition sailed on the serious business of ...
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Satisfied with this information , Phillip , being anxious to get his people ashore , sailed for Sydney forthwith , leaving Captain John Hunter of the Sirius to bring round the fleet as soon as possible . The foreign ships proved to be ...
Satisfied with this information , Phillip , being anxious to get his people ashore , sailed for Sydney forthwith , leaving Captain John Hunter of the Sirius to bring round the fleet as soon as possible . The foreign ships proved to be ...
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