 You are also with the Consent of the Natives to take possession of Convenient Situations in the Country in the Name of the King of Great Britain; or, if you find the Country uninhabited take Possession for His Majesty by setting up Proper Marks and Inscriptions,...  At the Ends of the Earth: A History of the Polar Regionsby Kieran Mulvaney - 2001 - 286 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | James Cook - 1821 - 488 pages
...but if you find the; " countries so discovered are uninhabited, you are to take " possession of them for his Majesty, by setting up proper " marks and inscriptions, as first discoverers and pos«' sessors. " But forasmuch as, in undertakings of this nature, several '' emergencies may arise... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 532 pages
...there ; but if you find the countries so discovered are uninhabited, you are to take possession of them for his majesty, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions, as first discoverers and ,possessors. 1 But forasmuch as, in undertakings of this nature, several emergencies may arise not to be foreseen,... | |
 | Saxe Bannister - 1838 - 344 pages
...there; but, if you find the countries so discovered are uninhabited, you are to take possession of them for His Majesty, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions, as first discoverers and possessors.* — 6th July, 1776. The clause, which makes taking possession conditional upon the consent of the natives,... | |
 | Robert Greenhow - 1840 - 250 pages
...if he should find those countries uninhabited, he was to take possession of them for his Sovereign, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions as first discoverers and possessors." He was " strictly enjoined not to touch upon any part of the Spanish dominions on the western continent... | |
 | Robert Greenhow - 1844 - 516 pages
...the countries so discovered to be uninhabited, he was to take possession of them for his sovereign, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions, as first discoverers and possessors." The preceding extracts, from the instructions given to Cook, will suffice to explain the objects and... | |
 | Edward Jerningham Wakefield - 1845 - 528 pages
...you find '" that the countries so discovered are uninhabited, you "'are to take possession of them for His Majesty, by " setting up proper marks and inscriptions as first dis" coverers and possessors." Cook suggested the regular colonization of New Zealand ; but no attempt... | |
 | Daniel Stevens Dickinson - 1867 - 772 pages
...the countries so discovered to be uninluitiited, he was to take possession of them for his sovereign, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions, as first discoverers and possessors." The discoveries of the Spaniards were well known in England, and openly published, before Cook left... | |
 | James Cook - 1880 - 538 pages
...there; but if you find the countries so discovered are uninhabited, you are to take possession of them for his majesty, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions as first • discoverers and possessors. " But forasmuch as, in undertakings of this nature, several emergencies may arise not to be foreseen,... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1886 - 824 pages
.... .but if you find the countries so discovered are uninhabited, you are to take possession of them for his Majesty, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions, as first discoverers and possessors." During the discussion of Cook's progress in viewing the coasts of Alaska I shall have occasion to refer... | |
 | Edward Ellis Morris - 1888 - 350 pages
...but if you find that the countries so discovered are uninhabited, you are to take possession of them for His Majesty, by setting up proper marks and inscriptions as first discoverers and possessors." In accordance with these general instructions, Cook landed at various points, and took possession of... | |
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