Book-bot.com - read famous books online for free

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
page 9 of 683 (01%)
Lieutenant King lands, and takes Possession of the Country.
His Report. The Resolution runs aground on a Shoal.
Reflections on the Discovery of Cook's River. The considerable
Tides in it accounted for, 291

VII. Discoveries after leaving Cook's River. Island of St
Hermogenes. Cape Whitsunday. Cape Greville. Cape Barnabas.
Two-headed Point. Trinity Island. Beering's Foggy Island. A
beautiful Bird described. Kodiak and the Schumagin Islands. A
Russian Letter brought on Board by a Native. Conjectures
about it. Rock Point. Halibut Island. A Volcano Mountain.
Providential Escape. Arrival of the Ships at Oonalaschka.
Intercourse with the Natives there. Another Russian Letter.
Samganoodha Harbour described, 306

VIII. Progress Northward, after leaving Oonalashka. The
Islands Oonella and Acootan. Ooneemak. Shallowness of the
Water along the Coast. Bristol Bay. Round Island. Calm Point.
Cape Newenham. Lieutenant Williamson lands, and his Report.
Bristol Bay, and its Extent. The Ships obliged to return on
account of Shoals. Natives come off to the Ships. Death of
Mr Anderson; his Character; and Island named after him. Point
Rodney. Sledge Island, and Remarks on landing there. King's
Island. Cape Prince of Wales, the Western Extreme of America.
Course Westward. Anchor in a Bay on the Coast of Asia, 323

IX. Behaviour of the Natives, the Tschutski, on seeing the
Ships. Interview with some of them. Their Weapons. Persons.
Ornaments Clothing. Winter and Summer Habitations. The Ships
cross the Strait, to the Coast of America. Progress Northward.
DigitalOcean Referral Badge