Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac: Under the Command of Commodore John Downes, During the Circum-navigation of the Globe, in the Years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834, Volumen1Harper & brothers, 1835 - 560 páginas |
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... possession of the harbour . On the north angle is another conspicuous eminence , on which stands the Benedictine convent , overlooking the island Dos Cobras on its east , from which it is separated only by a deep narrow channel , as ...
... possession of the harbour . On the north angle is another conspicuous eminence , on which stands the Benedictine convent , overlooking the island Dos Cobras on its east , from which it is separated only by a deep narrow channel , as ...
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... possession of it in the name of his sovereign , under the appellation of Santa Cruz , or the Holy Cross . The mouth of the Orinoco , in latitude nine north , was the southern limit of the discoveries made by Columbus . The natives were ...
... possession of it in the name of his sovereign , under the appellation of Santa Cruz , or the Holy Cross . The mouth of the Orinoco , in latitude nine north , was the southern limit of the discoveries made by Columbus . The natives were ...
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... possession , and directed their shots from six and nine pounders towards the palace square , to the manifest annoyance of those loyal subjects of the empire who were promenading very lei- surely this beautiful area . A volunteer corps ...
... possession , and directed their shots from six and nine pounders towards the palace square , to the manifest annoyance of those loyal subjects of the empire who were promenading very lei- surely this beautiful area . A volunteer corps ...
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... possessions in the east had greatly increased ; and John Bull had not passed so often . round the cape without casting ... possession of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and it has , with the exception of a few years ( during which ...
... possessions in the east had greatly increased ; and John Bull had not passed so often . round the cape without casting ... possession of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ; and it has , with the exception of a few years ( during which ...
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... possessed of all those compassionate feelings that alone give a lustre to and adorn humanity ; living in a state of per- petual alarm from the persecuting and avaricious disposition of the colonists , and instructed by their fathers to ...
... possessed of all those compassionate feelings that alone give a lustre to and adorn humanity ; living in a state of per- petual alarm from the persecuting and avaricious disposition of the colonists , and instructed by their fathers to ...
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Acheen American anchor anchorage appearance Argentine arrival Batavia beautiful boat Brazil breeze Buenos Ayres Callao called Canton Cape Cape Horn Captain character China Chinese climate Cloudy coast of Sumatra colony command commerce commodore crew distance Dutch east eighteen hundred English Falkland Falkland Islands fathoms favourable feet fifteen hundred foreign frequently frigate harbour honour India inhabitants interesting island Java Javans King labour land latitude Lieutenant Lima Malays ment miles monsoon morning mountains nations natives northeast northwest Oahu ocean officers Palembang passage passed pepper period piculs port Portuguese Potomac present procured Pulo Quallah-Battoo rajah Rejangs river sailed seen seventeen hundred ship shore Shubrick sick-list side Soo-soo southeast square miles Strait Strait of Sunda Sumatra thousand tion town trade twenty United Valparaiso Variable vegetables Vernet vessels vols voyage whole wind
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