 | 1773 - 740 Seiten
...of June in that year. " Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of this nation as a maritime power, to the dignity of the crown of Great Britain,...of the trade and navigation thereof, than to make difcoveries of coun* tries hitherto unknown ; and whereas there is reafon to believe, that lands and... | |
 | John Campbell - 1813 - 546 Seiten
...Britain, and to the advancement of ^ " tHfe trade and navigation thereof, than to make dis" coveries of countries hitherto unknown ; and whereas " there..."^extent, hitherto unvisited by any European power, " may be found in the Atlantic ocean, between the Cape *,''"' of Good Hope and the Magellanic straits, within... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 392 Seiten
...those of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret. In the instructions to the first of these commanders it is said, 'there is reason to believe that lands and islands...extent, hitherto unvisited by any European power, may be found in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Magellanic Strait, within the... | |
 | Historical account - 1836 - 510 Seiten
...elevated sentiments : — " Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of this nation, as a maritime power, to the dignity of the crown of Great Britain,...extent, hitherto unvisited by any European power, may be found in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Magellanic Streight, within the... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 Seiten
...as follows : — " Whereas nothing can redound " more to the honour of this nation as a maritime " power, to the dignity of the Crown of Great " Britain,...to make discoveries " of countries hitherto unknown — ." The main scope for such discoveries in the reign, and by the wish, of George the Third, was... | |
 | ACCOUNT. - 1837 - 392 Seiten
...elevated sentiments ; " Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of this nation, as a maritime power, to the dignity of the crown of Great Britain,...extent, hitherto unvisited by any European power, may be found in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Magellanic Streight, within the... | |
 | John Campbell - 1841 - 604 Seiten
...object of the expedition. " Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of this nation, as a maritime power, to the dignity of the crown of Great Britain,...extent, hitherto unvisited by any European power, may be found in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Magellanic Straits, within the... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1845 - 310 Seiten
...of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret. In the instructions to the first of these commanders it is said, " there is reason to believe that lands and islands...extent, hitherto unvisited by any European power, may be found in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Magellanic Strait, within the... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1851 - 572 Seiten
..." Whereas nothing can redound OF DIS- " more to the i]0nour Of this nation as a maritime COVEKY. " power, to the dignity of the Crown of Great " Britain,...to make discoveries " of countries hitherto unknown — ." The main scope for such discoveries in the reign, and by the wish, of George the Third, was... | |
 | John Fincham - 1851 - 632 Seiten
...it was expressed in the instructions given to commodore Byron, who commanded the first expedition, " there is reason to believe that lands and islands of great extent, hitherto uuvisited by any European power, may be found in the Atlantic Ocean, between the Cape of Good Hope... | |
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Whereas nothing can redound more to the honour of this nation as a maritime power, to the dignity of the crown of Great Britain, and to the advancement of the trade and navigation thereof, than to make discoveries of countries hitherto unknown... 
