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... Rurick , under the Com- mand of the Lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Navy , Otto Von Kotzebue . Illustrated with numerous Plates and Maps . In three Vols . 8vo . Price 21. 5s . Long- man and Co. 1821 . THE expedition of which ...
... Rurick , under the Com- mand of the Lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Navy , Otto Von Kotzebue . Illustrated with numerous Plates and Maps . In three Vols . 8vo . Price 21. 5s . Long- man and Co. 1821 . THE expedition of which ...
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... Rurick carried two masts , and mounted eight guns , and thus equipped she sailed from Cronstadt , on July 30 , 1815 . Lieutenant Kotzebue appears to have been much pleased by his reception in England , on touching at Plymouth . He had ...
... Rurick carried two masts , and mounted eight guns , and thus equipped she sailed from Cronstadt , on July 30 , 1815 . Lieutenant Kotzebue appears to have been much pleased by his reception in England , on touching at Plymouth . He had ...
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... Rurick . Within the reef , which girt it like a wall , was a huge bay , in which a perfectly smooth and clear water was studded with numerous islands . Their base is coral , and they are entirely formed by the labours of submarine ...
... Rurick . Within the reef , which girt it like a wall , was a huge bay , in which a perfectly smooth and clear water was studded with numerous islands . Their base is coral , and they are entirely formed by the labours of submarine ...
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... Rurick , and out of one of them , four men leaped into the water , and swam towards the European vessel . " One of them led the way , bearing a large shell - horn ; the others followed with cocoa - nuts and pandanus fruit ; and those ...
... Rurick , and out of one of them , four men leaped into the water , and swam towards the European vessel . " One of them led the way , bearing a large shell - horn ; the others followed with cocoa - nuts and pandanus fruit ; and those ...
Page 188
... Rurick came in sight , and he was speedily sent for , as they ex- pected from him , who had travelled far , and was generally accounted a very sensible man , an explanation of this strange phenomenon . He had often told them of ships ...
... Rurick came in sight , and he was speedily sent for , as they ex- pected from him , who had travelled far , and was generally accounted a very sensible man , an explanation of this strange phenomenon . He had often told them of ships ...
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