A Voyage to Terra Australis - Volume 1 Pdf, Epub, Ebook
A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS - VOLUME 1 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Professor of Politics Matthew Flinders | 188 pages | 24 Oct 2017 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | 9781979090391 | English | none A Voyage to Terra Australis - Volume 1 PDF Book They had no kind of clothing; but wore necklaces of cowrie shells, fastened to a braid of fibres; and some of their companions had pearl-oyster shells hung round their necks. Anchorage in North west Bay, Groote Eylandt 5 with remarks and nautical observations. Departure from Madeira. Here were very large islands, and there appeared more to the southward: they were inhabited by black people, very corpulent, and naked: their arms were lances, arrows, and clubs of stone ill fashioned. Occurrences during eleven weeks residence in the town of Port Louis and on board the Harriet cartel. These vessels are low, forward, but rise abaft; and, being narrow, are fitted with an outrigger on each side, to keep them steady. Polar Biol. Matthew Flinders. Wheeler R, Priddel D. Island: biological diversity and ecosystem function. They give much notice of other people, although as yet they do not make themselves well understood. Natives at Point Look-out. The boats sounded the channel to the north-west, between Dungeness and Warriours Islands; and finding sufficient water, the vessels got under way, at noon, to follow them. The bushes were full of small, green ants; which proved exceedingly troublesome to those who had sufficient hardihood to penetrate their retreats. Excursion to Mount Brown. Letters from Sir Edward Pellew. Captain Cook's track in Plates XI. The capes and hills whose positions are fixed by cross bearings taken on shore or from well ascertained points in the track, as also the stations whence bearings were observed with a theodolite, have distinguishing marks; which, with all others not before in common use, are explained on the General Chart, Plate I.
[Show full text]