 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...point of the main land, which I called Cape North. The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw it, lies in the direction of S. 50' E., and N. 50° W. It seemed to form several bays or inlets ; and we observed huge masses of snow, or ice, in the bottoms of them, especially in one which lies ten miles to the... | |
 | James Cook - Oceania - 1821 - 304 pages
...point of the main land, which I called Cape North. The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw it, lies in the direction of S. 50° E., and N. 50° W. It...seemed to form several bays or inlets; and we observed huge masses of snow, or ice, in the bottoms of them, especially in one which lies ten miles to the... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 534 pages
...point of the main land, which I called Cape North. The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw it, lies in the direction of S. 50* E., and N. 50° W. It seemed to form several bays or inlets ; and we observed huge masses of snow, or ice, in the bottoms of them, especially in one which lies ten miles to the... | |
 | James Cook - Voyages and travels - 1842 - 634 pages
...called Cape North. The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw it, lies in the direction of S. 50° Ë., and N. 50° W. It seemed to form several bays or inlets ; and we observed huge masses of snow, or ice, in the bottoms of them, especially in one which lies ten miles to the... | |
 | John Purdy - Aids to navigation - 1844 - 532 pages
..." The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw, lies in the direction of S. 50° E. and N. 50° VV. It seemed to form several bays or inlets; and we observed...the bottoms of them, especially in one which lies two miles to the SSE of Bird Isle. " After getting through the passage, we found the North coast trended... | |
 | Pilot guides - 1854 - 642 pages
...point of the main land, which we named Cape North. The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw, lies in the direction of S. 50° E., and N. 50° W. It...in one which lies 2 miles to the SSE of Bird Isle. Seeing there was a clear passage between this isle and Willis's, we steered for it ; and, at 5 o'clock,... | |
 | John Purdy - Africa - 1855 - 632 pages
...point of the main land, which I called Cape North. " The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw, lies in the direction of S. 50° E. and N. 50° W. It seemed...the bottoms of them, especially in one which lies two miles to the SSE of Bird Isle. " After getting through the passage, we found the North coast trended... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - Marine meteorology - 1862 - 304 pages
...point of the main land, which we named Cape North. The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw, lies in the direction of S. 50° E., and N. 50° W. It...in one which lies 2 miles to the SSE of Bird Isle. Seeing there was a clear passage between this isle and Willis's, we steered for it ; and, at 5 o'clock,... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - Pilot guides - 1883 - 940 pages
...point of the main land, which I called Cape North. " The SE coast of this land, as far as we saw, lies in the direction of S. 50° E. and N. 50° W. It seemed...the bottoms of them, especially in one which lies 9 miles to the SSE of Bird Isle. " After getting through the passage, we found the North coast trended... | |
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W. The other isle, which obtained the name of Bird Isle, on account of the vast number that were upon it, is not so high, but of greater extent, and is close to the NE point of the main land, which I called Cape North. The SE coast of this land, as far... 