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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... thousand years , The battle and the breeze ; " but at the same time achieved a more wondrous victory over the prejudices of many of their own nation ; and secured to all coming ages the existence of a navy in this country . The ...
... thousand years , The battle and the breeze ; " but at the same time achieved a more wondrous victory over the prejudices of many of their own nation ; and secured to all coming ages the existence of a navy in this country . The ...
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... Thousand Islands - Burial of the dead - The Potomac anchors in Batavia Roads - Beacons in the Strait of Sunda CHAPTER XV . 235 Java and Sumatra once connected - Origin of the name of Java - Size and location of the Island - Origin of ...
... Thousand Islands - Burial of the dead - The Potomac anchors in Batavia Roads - Beacons in the Strait of Sunda CHAPTER XV . 235 Java and Sumatra once connected - Origin of the name of Java - Size and location of the Island - Origin of ...
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... thousand a year taken by our ships , only four have been known to produce more than one hundred and twenty barrels . This vessel , the Mercury , had been distinguished as the swift- est sailer in the South Sea fleet ; and had gained no ...
... thousand a year taken by our ships , only four have been known to produce more than one hundred and twenty barrels . This vessel , the Mercury , had been distinguished as the swift- est sailer in the South Sea fleet ; and had gained no ...
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... southern hemisphere . We are not of that school who foresee ruin to the navy , and annihilation to commerce , because sailors have cut off their long queues , and , in a thousand other respects , 1831. ] 29 CROSSING THE LINE .
... southern hemisphere . We are not of that school who foresee ruin to the navy , and annihilation to commerce , because sailors have cut off their long queues , and , in a thousand other respects , 1831. ] 29 CROSSING THE LINE .
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... thousand other respects , are different from what they were an age ago ; and the antique custom just alluded to , a relic of heathen superstition , without even the merit of classical embellishment to recommend it , may be well ...
... thousand other respects , are different from what they were an age ago ; and the antique custom just alluded to , a relic of heathen superstition , without even the merit of classical embellishment to recommend it , may be well ...
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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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