Pacific Coast: Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington TerritoryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 - 262 strani |
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... extent of the shoal , and at the lowest tides part of it is bare . It has been said that a rock , having but five or six feet of water upon it , lies in the chan- nel ; its position being marked by a patch of kelp , which is , however ...
... extent of the shoal , and at the lowest tides part of it is bare . It has been said that a rock , having but five or six feet of water upon it , lies in the chan- nel ; its position being marked by a patch of kelp , which is , however ...
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... extent of the surface of the channel becomes iridescent from the thin film of bitumen spread over it . The rocks along the shore , even to the westward of Point Concepcion , are covered with it , and when encamped at El Coxo , in 1850 ...
... extent of the surface of the channel becomes iridescent from the thin film of bitumen spread over it . The rocks along the shore , even to the westward of Point Concepcion , are covered with it , and when encamped at El Coxo , in 1850 ...
Stran 24
... extent of shore - line from the southern boundary to Point Concepcion is about two hundred and fifty miles . EL COXO . Two miles east of Point Concepcion is the anchorage of El Coxo , off the en- trance to the valley of that name . This ...
... extent of shore - line from the southern boundary to Point Concepcion is about two hundred and fifty miles . EL COXO . Two miles east of Point Concepcion is the anchorage of El Coxo , off the en- trance to the valley of that name . This ...
Stran 24
... extent of shore - line from the southern boundary to Point Concepcion is about two hundred and fifty miles . EL COXO . Two miles east of Point Concepcion is the anchorage of El Coxo , off the en- trance to the valley of that name . This ...
... extent of shore - line from the southern boundary to Point Concepcion is about two hundred and fifty miles . EL COXO . Two miles east of Point Concepcion is the anchorage of El Coxo , off the en- trance to the valley of that name . This ...
Stran 25
... extent , or position . Upon all maps , of as recent date as 1850 , an island called San Juan was laid down , and upon a map of the republic of Mexico , compiled in the United States , and dated 1847 , we find no less than twelve large ...
... extent , or position . Upon all maps , of as recent date as 1850 , an island called San Juan was laid down , and upon a map of the republic of Mexico , compiled in the United States , and dated 1847 , we find no less than twelve large ...
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abreast Admiralty Inlet anchor anchorage astronomical station bank bears north bears northeast bluff bottom buoy called Cape Disappointment Cape Flattery Cape Mendocino Cape Orford channel Chinook Point Clatsop Spit Coast Survey depth of water distance east by north eastern eastward entrance exploring expedition Farallon fathoms fifteen fathoms five miles Fort Point four miles half a mile half east half miles half west harbor head height high water higher high hills hundred yards inlet inside Island kelp land latitude light light-house Longitude low waters magnetic variation moon's declination mouth nearly north by west north point northward northwest by north one-quarter Point Adams Port quarter miles reef rise River rocks rocky islets Rosario Strait runs San Francisco sand beach sandy shoal shore southern southward southwest steamers Strait stretching three fathoms three miles tides United States Coast United States exploring Vancouver vessels weather western westward width wind
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Stran 22 - ... came principally from the shore, brought with it a very strong smell of burning tar, or of some such resinous substance.
Stran 22 - ... tar, or of some such resinous substance. The next morning the sea had the appearance of dissolved tar floating upon its surface, which covered the ocean in all directions within the limits of our view, and indicated that in the neighbourhood it was not subject to much agitation.
Stran 107 - He" (Mr. Whitworth), Carver says " designed to have pursued nearly the same route that I did ; and after having built a fort at Lake Pepin, to have proceeded up the River St. Pierre, and from thence up a branch of the River Messorie* till, having discovered the source of the Oregon or River of the West, on the other side of the lands that divide the waters which run into the Gulf of Mexico from those that fall into the Pacific Ocean...
Stran 107 - Messorie* till, having discovered the source of the Oregon or River of the West, on the other side of the lands that divide the waters which run into the Gulf of Mexico from those that fall into the Pacific Ocean, he would have sailed down that river to the place where it is said to empty itself, near the Straits of A.nian...
Stran 3 - Know ye that California lies on the right hand of the Indies, very near to the terrestrial paradise.
Stran 73 - Another reason which induced the Capitana to put into Puerto Francisco was to take a survey of it, and to see if anything was to be found of the San Augustin, which in the year 1595, had, by order of his majesty and the viceroy, been sent from the Philippines by the governor to survey the coast of California, under the direction of Sebastian Rodriguez Cermennon, a pilot of known abilities; but was driven ashore in this harbor by the violence of the wind.
Stran 117 - E. from us at noon. At the northern extreme the land formed a point, which I called Cape Foulweather, from the very bad weather that we soon after met with. I judge it to lie in the latitude of 44* 55' N., and in the longitude of 235° 54
Stran 70 - There is no part of earth here to be taken up, wherein there is not some probable show of gold or silver.
Stran 136 - Point Adams, had been cut through about midway between the point and their western extremity by a wide channel with deep water running south by west from Sand Island: but the bar of this channel was not fairly opened, there being less than 3 fathoms on it. This channel was, therefore, running at right angles to that of 1841 and over the spot marked bare in 1839 (* C.
Stran 165 - Indians and settlers set fire to the forests in every direction, and the country soon becomes enveloped in a vast smoke that lasts for two or three months. At such times it is frequently impossible to make out the shore at half a mile distance. The strong westerly winds coming up the strait disperse it for a while, but only to fan the fires, and give them renewed force and activity. In summer the prevailing wind draws into the strait, increasing towards evening...