S. Lat.
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On the 24th of May they again sighted the land in 12° 18' S. Lat.; it showed as a very low-lying coast, whose trend they followed close inshore.
From The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 by J. E. (Jan Ernst) Heeres
According to the chart this "river" is in about 21° 45' S. Lat., but there are no reliable data concerning this point.
From The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 by J. E. (Jan Ernst) Heeres
On the 10th do. we made sail again in the morning; at noon we were in 29° 30' S. Lat., with a westerly wind and a top-gallant gale.
From The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 by J. E. (Jan Ernst) Heeres
She became an incubus in 1820, when all British possessions from N. Lat. 20º to S. Lat. 20º were made her dependencies.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"This bay is," he says, "large, safe, and convenient; it is situated in 34° S. Lat., and 208° 37' W. Long."
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Léon Benett
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