A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, Vol. 4 of 6: In Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed; Undertaken by His Majesty's Command (Classic Reprint)
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, Vol. 4 of 6: In Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed; Undertaken by His Majesty's Command (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, Vol. 4 of 6: In Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed; Undertaken by His Majesty's Command The flood' tide aflifted 'our progrefs but a little way up the arm, after which werhad to contend with thofe counter currents that have been be fore Rated as not only renderiiri'grthe vefl'el nearly fiationary, but totally ungovernable: It was not until two in the afternoon iof ...
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Excerpt from A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World, Vol. 4 of 6: In Which the Coast of North-West America Has Been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed; Undertaken by His Majesty's Command The flood' tide aflifted 'our progrefs but a little way up the arm, after which werhad to contend with thofe counter currents that have been be fore Rated as not only renderiiri'grthe vefl'el nearly fiationary, but totally ungovernable: It was not until two in the afternoon iof Monday the 27th, that we anchored in 12 fathofns water, and with a hawfer moored the thip to the trees on the ihore this was a fine fandy beach, through which flowed an excellent firearn of water into.the cove, Clofe to the fiation we hadi'taken. Near this fiream, by the felling of a few trees, a very good fituation was obtained for the Obfervatory and tents. The feine was hauled with tolerable fue ccfs, fo that we had a profpe???t, of-rnuchfconve nienee, and of acquiring forne reh'efh'ment from the fea. Thefe were advantages beyond 'our ex pe???tations 111 this defolate region, where-the ram had been almot'c ineefl'antly pouring down 1n tor rents ever finee our arrival on it. 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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