Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac: Under the Command of Commodore John Downes, During the Circum-navigation of the Globe, in the Years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1835 - 560 Seiten |
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... morning , the 16th , orders were issued to the commanding officer to proceed with the Potomac down the river to Norfolk . The anchor was immediately weighed , and the frigate put in motion by the aid of a fine steam - boat selected for ...
... morning , the 16th , orders were issued to the commanding officer to proceed with the Potomac down the river to Norfolk . The anchor was immediately weighed , and the frigate put in motion by the aid of a fine steam - boat selected for ...
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... morning of the 24th of August , and gave us a fine light breeze from the northwest . " All hands up anchor , ahoy ! " was the cheerful cry which passed through the ship before five o'clock , ere the rising sun had gilded the tall- est ...
... morning of the 24th of August , and gave us a fine light breeze from the northwest . " All hands up anchor , ahoy ! " was the cheerful cry which passed through the ship before five o'clock , ere the rising sun had gilded the tall- est ...
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... morning dawned , the gale abated , and moderate breezes from the north succeeded , with a high and irregular sea . The latitude was 36 ° north , longitude 66 ° west . The metamorphosis which a vessel undergoes , after the abate- ment of ...
... morning dawned , the gale abated , and moderate breezes from the north succeeded , with a high and irregular sea . The latitude was 36 ° north , longitude 66 ° west . The metamorphosis which a vessel undergoes , after the abate- ment of ...
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... morning of the twenty - first September , St. An- tonio , one of the Cape de Verd islands , was in sight , bearing southeast , and about ten miles distant . This is the most west- ern , or rather northwestern island , of the whole group ...
... morning of the twenty - first September , St. An- tonio , one of the Cape de Verd islands , was in sight , bearing southeast , and about ten miles distant . This is the most west- ern , or rather northwestern island , of the whole group ...
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... morning , which was Sunday , the vessels were so near each other , that the commodore allowed a boat to be lowered , to board the whaler . She proved to be the ship Mer- cury , forty days from New - Bedford , bound to the Pacific ...
... morning , which was Sunday , the vessels were so near each other , that the commodore allowed a boat to be lowered , to board the whaler . She proved to be the ship Mer- cury , forty days from New - Bedford , bound to the Pacific ...
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