A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay: Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, in the Year MDCCCXXIV.J. Murray, 1825 - 198 páginas |
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anchor APPENDIX August beach bergs blew Bluff boats Brown calm Cape Chidley Cape Farewell Cape Pembroke Captain Parry's Chesterfield Inlet coast compasses continued course Dead Reck deck Ditto dovekie east easterly eastward Engl Esquimaux fathoms feet fell forenoon four A.M. Frankl freshened gale Griper heavy sea Hooker in Parry's Hudson's Strait Journ land seen latitude Lieutenant Linn longitude Magnetic Bear magnetic error magnetic pole Mansel Island meridian miles moderated morning needle netic Error night noon North north-east north-west Noss Head obtained Parry's 1st Voy Parry's 2d Voy passed points remarkable Repulse Bay Resolution Island Ross's Voy round running sail Salisbury Island Savage Islands Sept shewing ship's head shoal shore Snap soundings south-west Southampton Island southward steered stood stream of ice tack three P.M. tide tion variation voyage weather westerly wind دو وو
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