 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1841 - 518 pages
...without fear of tempests or other dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbour, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...freestone, formed by nature, and suitable for the constmction of any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the harbour.* Having supplied ourselves... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - America - 1859 - 344 pages
...safely, without fear of tempests or dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbor, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...streams of clear water, which flow down to the sea." It is upon this indefinite and unsatisfactory description of Verazzano, unaccompanied by any chart... | |
 | Barnard Shipp - Biography & Autobiography - 1881 - 720 pages
...without fear of tempests or other dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbor, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...the entrance there is a rock of free-stone, formed hy nature, and suitable for the construction of any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the... | |
 | Arthur James Weise - America - 1884 - 442 pages
...into the sea. In the middle of the mouth there is a rock of freestone (uno scoglio di viva pietra), formed by nature and suitable for the construction...any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the haven." Verrazzano's description of Narragansett Bay, named Port du Refuge on Gastaldi's map of... | |
 | Alfred Brittain, George Edward Reed - History - 1903 - 638 pages
...without fear of tempests or other dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbor, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the harbor. " Having supplied ourselves with everything necessary, on the fifth of May we departed... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - America - 1903 - 698 pages
...without fear of tempests or other dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbor, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the harbor. " Having supplied ourselves with everything necessary, on the fifth of May we departed... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - North America - 1903 - 658 pages
...without fear of tempests or other dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbor, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the harbor. " Having supplied ourselves with everything necessary, on the fifth of May we departed... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 702 pages
...without fear of tempests or other dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbour, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the harbour. Having supplied ourselves with everything necessary, on the 5th of May we departed from... | |
 | George Parker Winship - America - 1905 - 328 pages
...without fear of tempests or other dangers. Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbour, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...any kind of machine or bulwark for the defence of the harbour. Having supplied ourselves with every thing necessary, on the fifth of May we departed... | |
 | Irving Berdine Richman - Rhode Island - 1905 - 426 pages
...Charlestown, and Westerly the lands are low and marshy. To the northward and entrance of the harbor, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and...sea. In the midst of the entrance, there is a rock of free stone [Goat Island], formed by nature, and suitable for the construction of any kind of machine... | |
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Turning towards the south, at the entrance of the harbour, on both sides, there are very pleasant hills, and. many streams of clear water which flow down to the sea. In the midst of the entrance there is a rock of freestone, formed by nature, and suitable... 
