The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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... Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1890 , by D. H. MONTGOMERY In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington COPYRIGHT , 1895 , BY D. H. MONTGOMERY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Compan Press LEADING FACTS OF HISTORY ...
... Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1890 , by D. H. MONTGOMERY In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington COPYRIGHT , 1895 , BY D. H. MONTGOMERY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Compan Press LEADING FACTS OF HISTORY ...
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... entered a region where the ordinary laws of nature were suspended , and that to persist in keeping on would be destruction . Columbus pacified their fears as best he could . He however would not hear of turning back then , though he ...
... entered a region where the ordinary laws of nature were suspended , and that to persist in keeping on would be destruction . Columbus pacified their fears as best he could . He however would not hear of turning back then , though he ...
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... entered the Pacific , and made havoc as he went along . He kept on northward coast of Oregon.1 He until he reached what is now the hoped , in this part of his voyage , to find a passage opening through to the Atlantic which might be ...
... entered the Pacific , and made havoc as he went along . He kept on northward coast of Oregon.1 He until he reached what is now the hoped , in this part of his voyage , to find a passage opening through to the Atlantic which might be ...
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... entered it , and applying the torch , burned the place to the ground . It was never rebuilt . As you go up the James River to - day you see the ruined tower of the old brick church stand- ing a melancholy memorial of the first English ...
... entered it , and applying the torch , burned the place to the ground . It was never rebuilt . As you go up the James River to - day you see the ruined tower of the old brick church stand- ing a melancholy memorial of the first English ...
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... entered what is now New York Bay , and was the first Englishman who sailed up that noble river which to - day bears his name . He reached a point about 150 miles from the mouth of the river , at or near where Albany now stands . It was ...
... entered what is now New York Bay , and was the first Englishman who sailed up that noble river which to - day bears his name . He reached a point about 150 miles from the mouth of the river , at or near where Albany now stands . It was ...
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