A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, 1796-1798Praeger, 1968 - 420 pages |
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... covered with black fand . The rocks are hollow , and in fome places of a columnar form . The mountain , except in spots that appear to have been recently burned , is covered with verdure , fhrubs , and trees . The coaft is about five ...
... covered with black fand . The rocks are hollow , and in fome places of a columnar form . The mountain , except in spots that appear to have been recently burned , is covered with verdure , fhrubs , and trees . The coaft is about five ...
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... covered with cocoa , palms , and bread - fruit . Extenfive valleys run confiderably in - land , and the sides of the hills , which form them , are covered with fruit - trees , and their tops with grafs . The lofty mountains in the ...
... covered with cocoa , palms , and bread - fruit . Extenfive valleys run confiderably in - land , and the sides of the hills , which form them , are covered with fruit - trees , and their tops with grafs . The lofty mountains in the ...
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... covered with trees and shrubs , but wholly uncultivated ; though no part of the island feems more capable of improvement , and of admitting the plough if cleared from wood . The larger , Otaheite Nooe , is about ninety miles in ...
... covered with trees and shrubs , but wholly uncultivated ; though no part of the island feems more capable of improvement , and of admitting the plough if cleared from wood . The larger , Otaheite Nooe , is about ninety miles in ...
Table des matières
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE Page i | xix |
APPENDIX | xix |
INSTRUCTIONS to Captain Wilfon | lxxxix |
Droits d'auteur | |
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo anchored anſwer beſt boat Bougainville bread-fruit brethren brother canoe Captain Cook chief cloſe coaft coaſt cocoa-nuts confequence confiderable courſe Dædalus defire diſcovered diſtance diſtrict Eimeo Engliſh eſtabliſhed expreffed fafe faid failed fame feemed fent feven feveral fhewed fhip fhore fide fince firſt fituated fmall fome foon fouth freſh Friendly Iſlands fuch fupply Hapae harbour himſelf hogs houſe Iddeah increaſed inhabitants intercourſe iſland land laſt latitude leagues longitude Männe Manne Mattavae miffion miffionaries miles morning moſt muſt named natives obferved occafion Otaheite Otaheitean Otoo ourſelves Pacific Ocean paffage paffed perfons pinnace pleaſed Pomarre preſent purpoſe reaſon reef refided refpecting requeſted reſt ſaid ſaw ſea ſee ſeemed ſeen ſent ſeven ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhould ſmall ſome ſtate ſtay ſtill ſubject themſelves theſe thoſe Tongataboo trees ufual Ulietea uſe uſual veffel vifited viſit voyage weft weftward wind