A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
CAPTAIN COOK'S PREDECESSORS. I. Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading “CAPTAIN COOK'S PREDECESSORS.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .”
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading “Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CAPTAIN COOK'S PREDECESSORS.
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From this reading CAPTAIN COOK'S PREDECESSORS.
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I.
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading CAPTAIN COOK'S PREDECESSORS.
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
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From this reading Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait-- Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero-- Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to Europe .
