The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 20. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1851 |
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... position of which two ships , named the Sta . Anna and St. Joaquin are said to be accountable . As these banks lie very much in the track of vessels frequenting Hong - Kong and Manila , and no mention of them being made in Horsburgh's ...
... position of which two ships , named the Sta . Anna and St. Joaquin are said to be accountable . As these banks lie very much in the track of vessels frequenting Hong - Kong and Manila , and no mention of them being made in Horsburgh's ...
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... position over the immediate neighbouring land , and are enclosed in a rude kind of stockade . A small portion of the ground is cleared , upon which rice , sweet potatoes , and tobacco is grown , although in quantities more than ...
... position over the immediate neighbouring land , and are enclosed in a rude kind of stockade . A small portion of the ground is cleared , upon which rice , sweet potatoes , and tobacco is grown , although in quantities more than ...
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... position , they are not , as in Palawan , apprehensive of any incursion by the Aborigines . There appeared to be a greater mixture of races here ; and this admixture was traceable in their lan- guage , which is half Spanish and Bysian ...
... position , they are not , as in Palawan , apprehensive of any incursion by the Aborigines . There appeared to be a greater mixture of races here ; and this admixture was traceable in their lan- guage , which is half Spanish and Bysian ...
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... position but that above , ) barometer 29:55 , 5h . P.M. , heavy sea and increasing gale . All precautions had been taken ; stood away north - west , determining to run the ship , in hope that we should keep clear of what now appeared to ...
... position but that above , ) barometer 29:55 , 5h . P.M. , heavy sea and increasing gale . All precautions had been taken ; stood away north - west , determining to run the ship , in hope that we should keep clear of what now appeared to ...
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... position formerly occupied by the Red Beacon Buoy off that shoal , and which Beacon Buoy has been removed . H.M. Surveying Vessel Royalist , Labuan , August 12th , 1850 . On the evening of the 9th inst . , when N. 29 ° E. , distant two ...
... position formerly occupied by the Red Beacon Buoy off that shoal , and which Beacon Buoy has been removed . H.M. Surveying Vessel Royalist , Labuan , August 12th , 1850 . On the evening of the 9th inst . , when N. 29 ° E. , distant two ...
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Admiralty anchor anchorage appears arrived bank barometer beach bear boat brig Cape Cape Charles Cape Lopez Capt Captain Trotter channel chart coast Commander consignee crew cruize Curlew danger deck distance east eastward English entrance fathoms feet fish floe Foveaux Strait gale Galway give Gulf of Smyrna half harbour hills Island John labour Labrador land Lieut light lighthouse Liverpool mariners master mate merchant miles morning natives nature Nautical navigation night north-west northward o'clock observed officers passage passed pirates Point Arenas port Recife reef river rock round sail Sailors sand Sandwich Bay schooner seamen seen sent ship shoal shore side Smyrna southward steamers steered Stewart Island Strait supercargo survey SW SW Tabasco tide Tomkinson tons town trade Turkish vessel voyage weather westward whilst wind
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