 | Edmund Burke - 1851 - 886 páginas
...and two and a-half from north to south — inaccessible on all sides, and a solid mass of granite. " It becomes a nervous thing," says Captain Kellett,...it, after the unfortunate mistake to the southward" (where the American voyagers reported a new continent, which Captain Parry sailed some miles over «... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 1066 páginas
...higher headlands in this sea — East Cape and Cape Lisburne for example. It becomes a nervous thing to report a discovery of land in these regions without...it, after the unfortunate mistake to the southward (' Wilkes's US Expedition to the Antarctic Regions') ; but as far as a man can be certain who has 130... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 páginas
...small laud birds that were so numerous about us before making the land. " It becomes a nervous thing to report a discovery of land in these regions without...southward ; but as far as a man can be certain, who has one hundred and thirty pair of eyes to assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have discovered... | |
 | 1850 - 762 páginas
...small land birds that were so numerous about us before making the land. " It becomes a nervous thing to report a discovery of land in these regions without...after the unfortunate mistake to the southward ; but so far as a man can be certain, who has 130 pairs of eyes to assist him, all agreeing, I am certain... | |
 | John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1851 - 402 páginas
...small land birds that were so numerous about us before making the land. " It becomes a nervous thing to report a discovery of land in these regions without...southward; but as far as a man can be certain, who has one hundred and thirty pair of eyes to assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have discovered... | |
 | James Mangles - 1851 - 66 páginas
...above the sea, beyond which a range of high land was seen." " It becomes a nervous thing," continues Captain Kellett, " to report a discovery of land in these regions without actually landing on it ; but as far as a man can be certain who has one hundred and thirty pair of eyes to assist him, and... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1851 - 86 páginas
...states, " much could have been seen, and all doubts set aside. It becomes," he adds, " a nervous thing to report a discovery of land in these regions without actually landing on it; but as far as a man can be certain who has one hundred and thirty pairs of eyes to assist him, and... | |
 | Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, Sherard Osborn - 1857 - 522 páginas
...so numerous about us before making the land. " It becomes a nervous thing to report a discoE 3 very of land in these regions without actually landing...; but as far as a man can be certain, who has 130 pairs of eyes to assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have discovered an extensive land. I... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1868 - 580 páginas
...higher headlands in this sea — East Cape and Cape Lisburne for example. It becomes a nervous thing to report a discovery of land in these regions without...it, after the unfortunate mistake to the southward (' Wilkes's US Expedition to the Antarctic Regions') ; but as far as a man can be certain who has 130... | |
 | 1869 - 206 páginas
...small land-birds that were so numerous about us before making the laud. " It becomes a nervous tiiing to report a discovery of land in these regions, without...southward ; but, as far as a man can be certain, who has one hundred and thirty pair of eyes to assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have discovered... | |
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... but as far as a man can be certain, who has one hundred and thirty pair of eyes to assist him, and all agreeing, I am certain we have discovered an extensive land. I think, also, it is more than probable that these peaks we saw are a continuation... 