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" To this disappointment we owed our having it in our power to revisit the Sandwich Islands, and to enrich our voyage with a discovery which, though the last, seemed, in many respects, to be the most important that had hitherto been made by Europeans throughout... "
Maritime Discovery: A History of Nautical Exploration from the Earliest Times - Page 257
by Charles Rathbone Low - 1881
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A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th ..., Volume 16

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 546 pages
...endeavours to find a northern passage homeward last summer. To this disappointment we owed our having it iu our power to revisit the Sandwich Islands, and to...Europeans, throughout the extent of the Pacific Ocean.* CHAPTER 6 Thus ends Captain Cook's journal of his proceedings, and the visible satisfaction which pervades...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 30

General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...failed in our endeavours to find a northern passage homeward last summer. To this disappointment \ve owed our having- it in our power to revisit the Sandwich...Europeans, throughout the extent of the Pacific Ocean.* CHAPTER 6 Thus ends Captain Cook's journal of his proceedings, and the visiMe satisfaction which pervades...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels: Arranged ..., Volume 16

Robert Kerr - Explorers - 1824 - 526 pages
...having failed in our endeavours to find a northern passage homeward last summer. To this disappointment we owed our having it in our power to revisit the...by Europeans, throughout the extent of the Pacific Ocean.6 CHAPTER 6 Thus ends Captain Cook's journal of his proceedings, and the visible satisfaction...
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The Life of Captain James Cook

Andrew Kippis - Explorers - 1824 - 186 pages
...gttiing homeward, the last summer by a northern passage. "To this disappointment," says !he captain, " we owed our having it in " our power to revisit the Sandwich Islands, " arid to enrich our voyage with a discovery, " which, though the last, seemed, in many " respects,...
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Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, Or Owhyhee; with Remarks on the History ...

William Ellis - Hawaii - 1826 - 476 pages
...our power to revisit the Sandwich Islands, and to enrich our voyage with a discovery, which, though last, seemed, in many respects, to be the most important...Europeans throughout the extent of the Pacific ocean." These are the last words recorded in the journal of that enterprising and intelligent navigator : a...
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Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, Or Owhyhee: With Remarks on the History ...

William Ellis - Hawaii - 1826 - 474 pages
...having failed in our endeavours to find a northern passage homeward last summer. To this disappointment we owed our having it in our power to revisit the...enrich our voyage with a discovery, which, though last, seemed, in many respects, to be the most important that had hitherto been made by Europeans throughout...
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Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii: Or Owhyhee; with Observations on the ...

William Ellis - Hawaii - 1827 - 542 pages
...failed in our endeavours to find a northern passage homeward last summer. " To this disappointment we owed our having it in our power to revisit the...enrich our voyage with a discovery, which, though last, seemed, in many respects, to be the most important that had hitherto been made by Europeans throughout...
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The naval gallery of Greenwich hospital, portraits and memoirs of celebrated ...

Edward Hawke Locker - Admirals - 1831 - 436 pages
...having failed in our endeavours to find a northern passage home last summer. To this disappointment we owed our having it in our power to revisit the...to enrich our voyage with a discovery which, though last, seemed in many respects to be the most important that had been hitherto made by Europeans throughout...
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A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed by Captain ..., Volume 2

Andrew Kippis - Voyages around the world - 1832 - 238 pages
...getting homeward, the last summer, by a northern passage. " To this disappointment," says the captain, " we owed our having it in our power to revisit the...Europeans, throughout the extent of the Pacific Ocean." Such is the sentence that concludes our commander's journal : and the satisfaction with which this...
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Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in ..., Volume 4

William Ellis - Ethnology - 1833 - 500 pages
...our power to revisit the Sandwich Islands, and to enrich our voyage with a discovery, which, though last, seemed in many respects to be the most important...Europeans, throughout the extent of the Pacific ocean." These are the last words recorded in the journal of that enterprising and intelligent navigator : a...
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