The Island World of the Pacific OceanHoward & Pariser, 1885 - 337 Seiten |
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... vessel there , he was the first , in our modern day , to sail on the great ocean waters . If gifted with supernatural vision , he would have seen the Pacific Ocean , spread out over an area of eighty million square miles , covering ...
... vessel there , he was the first , in our modern day , to sail on the great ocean waters . If gifted with supernatural vision , he would have seen the Pacific Ocean , spread out over an area of eighty million square miles , covering ...
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... vessel of M. de la Perouse were found , but his ultimate fate has never been ascertained . Oth- ers , like William Dampier , Roggewein and Fernando Quiros , were destined to what many would consider a more melancholy ending . Dying in ...
... vessel of M. de la Perouse were found , but his ultimate fate has never been ascertained . Oth- ers , like William Dampier , Roggewein and Fernando Quiros , were destined to what many would consider a more melancholy ending . Dying in ...
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... vessel only , that made a trading voyage in 1717 , and that , too , to Spanish South America , in the interests of the corporation , there are no accounts of practical commercial operations entered into in the Pacific by this company ...
... vessel only , that made a trading voyage in 1717 , and that , too , to Spanish South America , in the interests of the corporation , there are no accounts of practical commercial operations entered into in the Pacific by this company ...
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... vessel Bounty was dispatched to Tahiti for this pur- pose , under command of Lieut . Bligh . It was during the voyage from Tahiti , loaded with the plants , that the mutiny occurred , Bligh being set adrift in an open boat . The ...
... vessel Bounty was dispatched to Tahiti for this pur- pose , under command of Lieut . Bligh . It was during the voyage from Tahiti , loaded with the plants , that the mutiny occurred , Bligh being set adrift in an open boat . The ...
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... vessel was sent , not only for their relief , but to punish the ringleaders of the mutiny . Lieut . Bligh , after many adventures and hair- breadth escapes as a castaway , finally succeeded in getting back to England . He was placed in ...
... vessel was sent , not only for their relief , but to punish the ringleaders of the mutiny . Lieut . Bligh , after many adventures and hair- breadth escapes as a castaway , finally succeeded in getting back to England . He was placed in ...
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