Narrative Of A Survey Of The Intertropical And Western Coasts Of Australia
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781419136610
Subjects: TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; Travel - Foreign; Travel; Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas; Australia & Oceania - General
First sentence: The south-east wind, which set in on the morning that we left our anchorage off Depuch Island, continued to blow with thick misty weather, and made us conjecture that the westerly monsoon was nearly expended; we, therefore, steered off the coast with the intention of proceeding to the eastward towards Cape Arnhem, after ascertaining the position of a shoal that was seen by Captain Rowley, in H.M.S. Imperieuse, in 1800, and of two others that are described by Captain Horsburgh to be in its vicinity.