The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile MarineJames Brown & Son, 1851 |
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... Strait , 316 , 374 . Destruction of the Ardaseer , 445 . Discipline in merchant ships , 427 . East India mail statistics , 372 . Eclipse of the 28th July , 481 . Edwards ' patent preserved potato , 219 , 441 , 673 . Encounter of a ship ...
... Strait , 316 , 374 . Destruction of the Ardaseer , 445 . Discipline in merchant ships , 427 . East India mail statistics , 372 . Eclipse of the 28th July , 481 . Edwards ' patent preserved potato , 219 , 441 , 673 . Encounter of a ship ...
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... strait , is two miles long and averaging one broad , lies nearly at right angles to the prevailing wind in both seasons . Wood is plentiful , and good water can be procured from a small river called Ewig , emptying itself in the north ...
... strait , is two miles long and averaging one broad , lies nearly at right angles to the prevailing wind in both seasons . Wood is plentiful , and good water can be procured from a small river called Ewig , emptying itself in the north ...
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... strait line of coast in some parts , and deep bays at others , the country assumed a somewhat different aspect . The high mountain ranges instead of sending their ridges and spurs close down to the sea , were generally fronted by ...
... strait line of coast in some parts , and deep bays at others , the country assumed a somewhat different aspect . The high mountain ranges instead of sending their ridges and spurs close down to the sea , were generally fronted by ...
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... Strait , from which we required observations . Bad weather , however , and short allowance of provisions , upon which the ship's company had been placed one month previous , owing to the salt meat boiling away two - thirds its original ...
... Strait , from which we required observations . Bad weather , however , and short allowance of provisions , upon which the ship's company had been placed one month previous , owing to the salt meat boiling away two - thirds its original ...
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... Straits . We are too late I fear to effect the object of our eruize this season , but cannot help it , so hope for the best . " Herald , Capt . Kellett , left here six weeks since for the Straits , so we expect to meet her , as well as ...
... Straits . We are too late I fear to effect the object of our eruize this season , but cannot help it , so hope for the best . " Herald , Capt . Kellett , left here six weeks since for the Straits , so we expect to meet her , as well as ...
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