An Account of a Voyage to India, China &c. in His Majesty's Ship Caroline: Performed in the Years 1803-4-5, Interspersed with Descriptive Sketches and Cursory RemarksR. Phillips, 1806 - 138 страници |
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... 13831 miles ; -average per day 1603 , 22 5f . 21 atest run , 274 Miles . st do . 20 Do. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sept. 2 3 + 5 6 8 H. M. between C Ceylon , d of 13,113 Route of the Caroline , continued . Date . Distance 10257 ...
... 13831 miles ; -average per day 1603 , 22 5f . 21 atest run , 274 Miles . st do . 20 Do. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sept. 2 3 + 5 6 8 H. M. between C Ceylon , d of 13,113 Route of the Caroline , continued . Date . Distance 10257 ...
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... Distance . Latitude . Longitude . Track Date . D 1803 . July 17 129 25 ° 34 ' 170 57 ' 1805 . June 10 18 94 24 50 15 44 , 19 134 26 47 15 16 1086 201 171 28 43 13 5 21 104 28 28 11 12 14 22 146 30 6 9 17 15 23 234 32 43 6 12 16 24 188 ...
... Distance . Latitude . Longitude . Track Date . D 1803 . July 17 129 25 ° 34 ' 170 57 ' 1805 . June 10 18 94 24 50 15 44 , 19 134 26 47 15 16 1086 201 171 28 43 13 5 21 104 28 28 11 12 14 22 146 30 6 9 17 15 23 234 32 43 6 12 16 24 188 ...
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... distance of five or six leagues , in four or five hummocs of rather whimsical shapes . On approaching nearer , the Desertas and Maderia came in view . During the night we ran in between the Desertas and Porto Santo , though it is not ...
... distance of five or six leagues , in four or five hummocs of rather whimsical shapes . On approaching nearer , the Desertas and Maderia came in view . During the night we ran in between the Desertas and Porto Santo , though it is not ...
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... distance from the meridian sun . MAKE THE CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS . We this morning saw the land , which proved to be the islan of St. Nicholas , one of the Cape Verds : we were of course considerably out in our reckoning ; and as the ...
... distance from the meridian sun . MAKE THE CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS . We this morning saw the land , which proved to be the islan of St. Nicholas , one of the Cape Verds : we were of course considerably out in our reckoning ; and as the ...
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... distance astern , and at which they snapped in a very ravenous manner . 26 . ug . 2 . A young man happening to fall over board this day , while the ship had great way through the water , he went down before the boat could reach him ...
... distance astern , and at which they snapped in a very ravenous manner . 26 . ug . 2 . A young man happening to fall over board this day , while the ship had great way through the water , he went down before the boat could reach him ...
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Æneid anchor animal appearance arrival bamboo banks beautiful Bengal BIRD'S NEST SOUP birds boats Bocca Tigris breeze Calcutta called calomel Canton China Chinese climate clouds coast considerable convoy cool Coromandel coast course curious decks Diamond harbour disease distance English European frequently Ganges harbour heat Helena hills houses inhabitants instantly Kedgeree kind Ladder hill land length Lintin liver lunar caustic Macao Madras Malacca Malay manner men of war miles monsoon mountains mouth natives night obliged officers pagodas palankeen passage passing Penang pieces pleasant poison Poolo Portuguese precipices Prince of Wales's river roads rocks round sail sailors Saugur scene seems seldom Sept settlement ship shoal shore sickness side sight singular situated sometimes straits streets Sumatra summit Sunderbunds surf Tigris town trees utmost vessel VOYAGE TO INDIA Wales's island weather whole winds
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