Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac: Under the Command of Commodore John Downes, During the Circumnavigation of the Globe, in the Years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834; Including a Particular Account of the Engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the Coast of Sumatra; with All the Official Documents Relating to the SameHarper & Brothers, 1835 - 560 pages |
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... boat - Police of Canton - Its Walls and Gates - Forcing an Entrance- The Hong Merchant's expedition in Business - Mode of Computation - Description of Canton - Return of the Party CHAPTER XIX . 336 The Empire of China - Unknown to the ...
... boat - Police of Canton - Its Walls and Gates - Forcing an Entrance- The Hong Merchant's expedition in Business - Mode of Computation - Description of Canton - Return of the Party CHAPTER XIX . 336 The Empire of China - Unknown to the ...
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... boats was towed over the bar , and moored head and stern off the mouth of the eastern branch of the Potomac . Previous ... boat selected for towing her down the river to Hampton - Roads . The movements of a vessel of such dimensions down ...
... boats was towed over the bar , and moored head and stern off the mouth of the eastern branch of the Potomac . Previous ... boat selected for towing her down the river to Hampton - Roads . The movements of a vessel of such dimensions down ...
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... boat , which had been dancing on the undulating billows near the Potomac like another nautilus during the whole of the morning . The ship was now filled away , and every draw- ing sail set , bearing to the south and east . There have so ...
... boat , which had been dancing on the undulating billows near the Potomac like another nautilus during the whole of the morning . The ship was now filled away , and every draw- ing sail set , bearing to the south and east . There have so ...
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... boats were compelled to return to the frigate . Upon the sides of almost perpendicular mountains and cliffs , goats and monkeys were seen ; the latter keeping up an incessant chattering , as if alarmed at the near approach of the boat ...
... boats were compelled to return to the frigate . Upon the sides of almost perpendicular mountains and cliffs , goats and monkeys were seen ; the latter keeping up an incessant chattering , as if alarmed at the near approach of the boat ...
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... boat to be lowered , to board the whaler . She proved to be the ship Mer- cury , forty days from New - Bedford , bound to the Pacific ; having had the good fortune to take a " hundred barrel " spermaceti , not a common circumstance ; as ...
... boat to be lowered , to board the whaler . She proved to be the ship Mer- cury , forty days from New - Bedford , bound to the Pacific ; having had the good fortune to take a " hundred barrel " spermaceti , not a common circumstance ; as ...
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Acheen American anchor anchorage appearance armed arrival attack Batavia beautiful boat Brazil Brazilian Brazilian empire breeze Buenos Ayres Callao called Cape Captain Endicott character China Chinese Cloudy coast of Sumatra colony command commerce Commodore Downes crew distance district Dutch east eighteen hundred English Fair Falkland Islands fathoms favour feet fifty frequently Friendship frigate harbour honour India inhabitants island Java Javans labour land latitude Levi Woodbury Lieutenant Malays ment miles monsoon morning mountains nations natives navy northeast northwest ocean officers Palembang passage passed pepper period piculs port Portuguese Potomac present proas procured Pulo Quallah-Battoo rajah Rejangs river sailed Salem seen seventeen hundred ship shore Shubrick sick-list side Soo-soo soon southeast Strait Strait of Sunda Sumatra Table Bay thousand tion town trade Uitenhage United Variable vessels voyage whole wind
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