Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac: Under the Command of Commodore John Downes, During the Circum-navigation of the Globe, in the Years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834, Bind 1Harper & brothers, 1835 - 560 sider |
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... Pulo Nyas Parents sell their Children for Slaves - The Pogies - Islands and Inhabitants of Egano - Winds and Currents -- Surveys and Charts , by Captains Endicott and Gillis CHAPTER XII . 173 Early voyages to Sumatra - Portuguese ...
... Pulo Nyas Parents sell their Children for Slaves - The Pogies - Islands and Inhabitants of Egano - Winds and Currents -- Surveys and Charts , by Captains Endicott and Gillis CHAPTER XII . 173 Early voyages to Sumatra - Portuguese ...
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... Pulo Aor - Sickness and death - Terrific thunder - storm - Death of N. K. G. Oliver , Esq . - Funeral obse- quies - Contribution for his family - Tedious calms , and oppressive heat - Increas- ing mortality - Dreary prospects - Cheering ...
... Pulo Aor - Sickness and death - Terrific thunder - storm - Death of N. K. G. Oliver , Esq . - Funeral obse- quies - Contribution for his family - Tedious calms , and oppressive heat - Increas- ing mortality - Dreary prospects - Cheering ...
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... Pulo Kio , but three miles distant from the mouth of the river Quallah - Battoo . More busi- ness had been done by this rajah during the eight years past than by any other on the pepper coast ; -he had uniformly professed himself ...
... Pulo Kio , but three miles distant from the mouth of the river Quallah - Battoo . More busi- ness had been done by this rajah during the eight years past than by any other on the pepper coast ; -he had uniformly professed himself ...
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... Pulo Kio . At daylight in the morning , Po Adam discovered them from his fort , and took them in . They were in a wretched and suffering con- dition , having swum ashore with but few clothes , and were se- verely blistered by the sun ...
... Pulo Kio . At daylight in the morning , Po Adam discovered them from his fort , and took them in . They were in a wretched and suffering con- dition , having swum ashore with but few clothes , and were se- verely blistered by the sun ...
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... Pulo Kio , and that both parties were ready to commence hostilities at the slightest provocation ;. and we have since learned that it was principally owing to this cause , that the forts were in so good a state of defence , and had so ...
... Pulo Kio , and that both parties were ready to commence hostilities at the slightest provocation ;. and we have since learned that it was principally owing to this cause , that the forts were in so good a state of defence , and had so ...
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Acheen American anchor anchorage appearance Argentine arrival Batavia beautiful boat Brazil breeze Buenos Ayres Callao called Canton Cape Cape Horn Captain character China Chinese climate Cloudy coast of Sumatra colony command commerce commodore crew distance Dutch east eighteen hundred English Falkland Falkland Islands fathoms favourable feet fifteen hundred foreign frequently frigate harbour honour India inhabitants interesting island Java Javans King labour land latitude Lieutenant Lima Malays ment miles monsoon morning mountains nations natives northeast northwest Oahu ocean officers Palembang passage passed pepper period piculs port Portuguese Potomac present procured Pulo Quallah-Battoo rajah Rejangs river sailed seen seventeen hundred ship shore Shubrick sick-list side Soo-soo southeast square miles Strait Strait of Sunda Sumatra thousand tion town trade twenty United Valparaiso Variable vegetables Vernet vessels vols voyage whole wind
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