The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 58
... distance of 40 leagues , but no attempt was made to measure its height . LA PÉROUSE , 1786. † Yakutat bay , in which we are specially interested , was next seen by the celebrated French navigator , J. F. G. de la Pérouse , in command of ...
... distance of 40 leagues , but no attempt was made to measure its height . LA PÉROUSE , 1786. † Yakutat bay , in which we are specially interested , was next seen by the celebrated French navigator , J. F. G. de la Pérouse , in command of ...
Page 60
... distance northward ; this is evidently Alsek river , the existence of which was for a long time doubted , but has recently been established beyond all question . Finding it impossible to enter Dry bay , La Pérouse continued eastward and ...
... distance northward ; this is evidently Alsek river , the existence of which was for a long time doubted , but has recently been established beyond all question . Finding it impossible to enter Dry bay , La Pérouse continued eastward and ...
Page 64
... distance of 55.1 miles , deduced by means of good observations from the ends of a sufficient base . A quadrant was used to measure the angle of apparent altitude of the mountain , 2 ° 38 ′ 6 ' , and allowing for terrestrial refraction ...
... distance of 55.1 miles , deduced by means of good observations from the ends of a sufficient base . A quadrant was used to measure the angle of apparent altitude of the mountain , 2 ° 38 ′ 6 ' , and allowing for terrestrial refraction ...
Page 66
... distance from the sea- side . Mr. Puget's attention was next directed to the opening in the low land , but as the wind was variable and adverse to the progress of the vessel , a boat was again despatched to continue the investigation of ...
... distance from the sea- side . Mr. Puget's attention was next directed to the opening in the low land , but as the wind was variable and adverse to the progress of the vessel , a boat was again despatched to continue the investigation of ...
Page 70
... distance of half a verst , five to twelve fathoms were obtained , and at two miles from land , thirty to forty fathoms ( of seven feet ) . The Pimpluna rocks are said to have been discovered in 1779 by the Spanish - captain Arteiga ...
... distance of half a verst , five to twelve fathoms were obtained , and at two miles from land , thirty to forty fathoms ( of seven feet ) . The Pimpluna rocks are said to have been discovered in 1779 by the Spanish - captain Arteiga ...
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