The history of a voyage to the Malouine, or Falkland, islands, made in 1763 and 1764, under the command of m. de Bougainville ... and of two voyages to the Streights of Magellan, with an account of the Patagonians. Translated |
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The History of a Voyage to the Malouine, Or Falkland, Islands, Made in 1763 ... Antoine Joseph Pernety No preview available - 2018 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acadian againſt alfo almoſt alſo anchor anſwered becauſe Belcourt bird boat bottom Bougainville Brazil called Cape captain cloſe coaft coaſt colour defired diſcovered diſtance Duclos Engliſh faid failors faluted fame manner fathoms favages fays fecond feemed feen feet fent ferved feven feveral fhells fhip fhore fide firft firſt fiſh fituated fize fkin fmall fome fometimes foon four fpecies freſh frigate ftem fuch Governor Guyot Gyraudais half himſelf horfes houſe inches itſelf Jefuits kind l'Huillier land largeſt laſt leagues leaſt lefs likewife longboat Malouine Iſlands Montevideo morning moſt muſt myſelf neceffary Nerville o'clock obferved ourſelves paffed Paraguay Patagonia perfons plant Port Famine Portugueſe prefent purpoſe reafon reft reſembles round ſeen ſeven ſeveral ſhip ſhould ſkin ſmall ſome Spaniſh Sphinx ſtay Streights thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe uſe veffel voyage weather Weft whofe wind wood yawl
Popular passages
Page xvi - Either of thefe places, as they are iflands at a confiderable diftance from the Continent, may be fuppofed from their latitude, to lie in a climate fufficiently temperate. It is true, they are too little known to be at prefent recommended
Page xvi - along the NE coaft of thefe ifles in the year 1708, tells us, that they extended about two degrees in length, and appeared with gentle defcents from hill to hill, and feemed to be good ground
Page xvi - to wood and water at; and fays, it is provided with a very good and capacious harbour, where a thoufand fail of fhips might ride at anchor in great .fafety; that it abounds with fowls, and
Page xv - for their voyage round Cape Horn. And we have in reality the imperfect knowledge of two places, which might perhaps, on examination, prove extremely convenient for this purpofe
Page xvi - being the land laid down by Frezier in his chart of the extremity of South America under the title of the new iflands. Woods Rogers, who
Page 243 - As you approach them, they look at you, turning their head to the right and then to the left, as if they made a jeft of you, and
Page xvii - winds I doubt not but a voyage might be made from Falkland's Ifles to Juan Fernandez, and back again in little more than two months.
Page xv - South, and laid down by Dr. Halley about eighty leagues to the eaftward of Cape Blanco, on the coaft of Patagonia; the
Page 23 - nine feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other.