Booby Island is now the great landmark for ships making Torres Strait from the westward. The": is a light upon it. 1 Luis Vaez de Torres, commanding a Spanish ship in company with Quiros in :605, separated from his companion in the New ...
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At 1p.m. saw3 Water Spouts at once;2were between us andthe Shore, and oneat some distance uponour Larboard Quarter. At6, shortned sail, and brought too for the Night,having 56 fathoms ... This point Ihave namedCapeHowe* (* Cape Howe, ...
COOK'S JOURNAL dealt with matters from the point of view of the seaman, the explorer, and the head of the expedition, responsible for life, and for its general success.
Captain Cook's Journal by Capt James Cook
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Dr. Hawkesworth, into whose hands the Journals were put, not only interspersed reflections of his own, but managed to impose his own ponderous style upon many of the extracts from the united Journals; and, moreover, as they are all jumbled ...
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the WorldBy James Cook
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