"Pleasant Island" Quotes from Famous Books
... we fell in with the island of Diego Grasiosa, in lat. 7 deg. 30' S. and in long. 110 deg. 40' S. by our reckoning.[70] This seemed a pleasant island, and a good place for refreshment, if any proper place could be found for anchoring. We sought but little for anchoring there, as the wind was bad, and the tide set towards the shore, so that we durst not stay to search any farther. The ... — A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII. • Robert Kerr |