The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the Discovery by the Northmen in the Tenth Century to the Present Time, Volumes 1-2B. Walker, 1844 - United States |
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... sailed in pursuit of him , though wholly ignorant of the navigation between Green- land and Iceland . His vessel was soon enveloped in fogs ; and after many days ' sailing , he knew not whither he had been car- ried . When the fog ...
... sailed in pursuit of him , though wholly ignorant of the navigation between Green- land and Iceland . His vessel was soon enveloped in fogs ; and after many days ' sailing , he knew not whither he had been car- ried . When the fog ...
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... sailed in the year 1000 , and came first to the land which had been last disco- vered by Biarne . Here they landed . No grass was visible ; the shore was lined with icebergs , and the intermediate space between them and the water was ...
... sailed in the year 1000 , and came first to the land which had been last disco- vered by Biarne . Here they landed . No grass was visible ; the shore was lined with icebergs , and the intermediate space between them and the water was ...
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... sailed out to the eastward , in the large ship , and then northward , past a remarkable head- land , enclosing a bay and which was opposite to another headland . They called this Cape Kiarlaness or the keel- cape . Doubling this cape ...
... sailed out to the eastward , in the large ship , and then northward , past a remarkable head- land , enclosing a bay and which was opposite to another headland . They called this Cape Kiarlaness or the keel- cape . Doubling this cape ...
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... sailed southward , and arrived at a place where a river falls into the sea from a lake . Opposite to the mouth of the river were large islands . They steered into the lake and called the place Hop ( Mount Hope Bay ) . On the low grounds ...
... sailed southward , and arrived at a place where a river falls into the sea from a lake . Opposite to the mouth of the river were large islands . They steered into the lake and called the place Hop ( Mount Hope Bay ) . On the low grounds ...
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... adventurers , together with several servants , and ninety mariners , -making , in all , one hundred and twenty persons . On Friday , the 3d of August , 1492 , the expedition sailed . 34 INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE . They directed their course ...
... adventurers , together with several servants , and ninety mariners , -making , in all , one hundred and twenty persons . On Friday , the 3d of August , 1492 , the expedition sailed . 34 INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE . They directed their course ...
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