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Page 7
A boiler of water converted into steam impels a ship through the sea with a
greater and more constant velocity than the winds can do , and the ship so
impelled requires but few or no seamen . She is navigated by engineers ,
gunners ...
A boiler of water converted into steam impels a ship through the sea with a
greater and more constant velocity than the winds can do , and the ship so
impelled requires but few or no seamen . She is navigated by engineers ,
gunners ...
Page 50
Where it had grown is not conjectured ; but the air was found to be like April
weather in England , the wind only cold when blowing from the ice ; " when it
came over the open sea it was very hote . ” * Hakluyt — who gives a detailed
account of ...
Where it had grown is not conjectured ; but the air was found to be like April
weather in England , the wind only cold when blowing from the ice ; " when it
came over the open sea it was very hote . ” * Hakluyt — who gives a detailed
account of ...
Page 62
... and quarrelled among themselves ; thereupon Sir Humphrey and his brother -
in - law , Raleigh , with a few friends , hastily put to sea ; but a gale of wind
coming on , in which one of the ships foundered , the rest were glad to return to
port .
... and quarrelled among themselves ; thereupon Sir Humphrey and his brother -
in - law , Raleigh , with a few friends , hastily put to sea ; but a gale of wind
coming on , in which one of the ships foundered , the rest were glad to return to
port .
Page 72
Having disposed of their cargoes , they ranged the coasts of America , procuring
such supplies as they were in need of , till they reached the banks of
Newfoundland , where they took a great quantity of cod , and with a favourable
wind ...
Having disposed of their cargoes , they ranged the coasts of America , procuring
such supplies as they were in need of , till they reached the banks of
Newfoundland , where they took a great quantity of cod , and with a favourable
wind ...
Page 113
Having passed into the Pacific , a gale of wind drove the fleet so far to the
southward that Drake saw the land to the south of Tierra - del - fuego , from which
it is separated by a wide channel , and thus was the first navigator that
discovered ...
Having passed into the Pacific , a gale of wind drove the fleet so far to the
southward that Drake saw the land to the south of Tierra - del - fuego , from which
it is separated by a wide channel , and thus was the first navigator that
discovered ...
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| Title | Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British Navy |
| Author | John Barrow |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 juuni 2010 |
| Length | 495 pages |
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