Cape Town Image: Image from page 146 of “The cruise of Her Majesty’s ship “Challenger” : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands” (1877)

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Image from page 146 of “The cruise of Her Majesty’s ship “Challenger” : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands” (1877)

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Identifier: cruiseofhermaj00spry
Title: The cruise of Her Majesty’s ship "Challenger" : voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Spry, W. J. J. (William James Joseph), d. 1906 Burrows, C. Acton (Charles Acton), 1853-1948 (bookplate)
Subjects: Challenger (Ship) Voyages around the world
Publisher: Toronto : Belford Bros.
Contributing Library: Robarts – University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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VIEW OF TRISTAN dACUNHA.

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TABLE MOUNTAIN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. CHAPTER VI. Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, to Marion and Crozet Islands,to Kerguelen Land and the Heard Islands, the AntarcticRegions, and to Melbourne, Australia. Simons Town—Visit to Cape Town—Discovery of diamonds—FromSimons Bay to Table Bay round the Cape of Storms—Anchor inTable Bay—The Challengers ball—Return ball by the residents—Beturn to Simons Bay—Leave the Cape—The Agulhas current—The roaring forties—Christmas Day 1873—Sight and land onMarion Island—Vast number of albatross and other sea-birds—Prince Edwards Island—Sight of the Crozet Islands—Passage toKerguelen Land—Arrival at and description of the island—LeaveChristmas Harbour—The scenery—Anchor in Betsy Cove—Fromthence to Royal Sound—Three Island Bay—Greenland Harbour—Cascade Reach—Hopeful Bay—Rhodes Harbour—The sealfisheries—Return to Christmas Harbour—Penguin rookeries—The Arch Rock—Leaving Kerguelen for the south—The He

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