Voyage to Brazil; Rio de Janeiro; Passage round Cape Horn; Lima; Washington IslandsJ.P. Haven, 1831 |
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... feet in diameter in the cen- tre , shutting from view the after guns of the main deck battery - usually conspicuous objects in the same cabin in other vessels - with all the array of battle axes and cutlasses , shot boxes and pistols ...
... feet in diameter in the cen- tre , shutting from view the after guns of the main deck battery - usually conspicuous objects in the same cabin in other vessels - with all the array of battle axes and cutlasses , shot boxes and pistols ...
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... feet high , singularly of the form its name indicates , but in- clining over its base southward , at an angle equal to that of the falling tower at Pisa . It is entirely na- ked , except a little tufting of moss and bushes in some of ...
... feet high , singularly of the form its name indicates , but in- clining over its base southward , at an angle equal to that of the falling tower at Pisa . It is entirely na- ked , except a little tufting of moss and bushes in some of ...
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... feet high , in the centre of the city . This is an extensive building , and more finely located than that of the emperor , but of heavy and monkish architecture . Near it , on the west , is ano- ther hill and convent ; and closely ...
... feet high , in the centre of the city . This is an extensive building , and more finely located than that of the emperor , but of heavy and monkish architecture . Near it , on the west , is ano- ther hill and convent ; and closely ...
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... feet in height , rising in the centre , like a pinnacle against the sky ; and you will have some conception of the magnificence of the scene . At the city the bay is three miles wide . The opposite shore on the north is called Praya ...
... feet in height , rising in the centre , like a pinnacle against the sky ; and you will have some conception of the magnificence of the scene . At the city the bay is three miles wide . The opposite shore on the north is called Praya ...
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... feet , and a high crowned grass hat , sat beside me smoking his cigar ; while four stout , muscular negroes , clad in loose drawers only , pulled the oars . The manner of rowing is different from any I have After every stroke , which is ...
... feet , and a high crowned grass hat , sat beside me smoking his cigar ; while four stout , muscular negroes , clad in loose drawers only , pulled the oars . The manner of rowing is different from any I have After every stroke , which is ...
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admiration anchor appearance Aracaty beach beauty board the Guerriere boat Botafogo Brazil Callao Cape Cape Henry CAPE HORN Captain Finch centre character chief cloth cocoanut Commodore Thompson crew dark dear H deck delightful distance door dress emperor entrance exhibited feel feet Flamengo front gaze groves Hapas happy harbor head heart hills imperial interest kind land LETTER light Lima lofty manner ment miles morning mountains native neat night noble Nukuhiva o'clock officers Organ mountains ornamented palace party passed persons Peru Praya prayer present principal residence rich Rio de Janiero Robert Otway round sail Sandwich Islands scarce scene scenery seated seen shore side sight splendid square street tabu Taiohae Taipiis Taua thing thought throne tion tribe Tudor U. S. ship Guerriere Uapou valley Valparaiso various Vincennes voyage walls WASHINGTON ISLANDS whole wild