A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Brilliant Achievements of the American Navy, Down to the Present Time1828 - Greece - 484 pages |
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... vessels em- ployed in the cod fisheries amounted to six hundred and sixty - five , and their tonnage to twenty - five thousand six hundred and thirty ; manned by more than four thou- sand seamen . The annual amount of fish exported ...
... vessels em- ployed in the cod fisheries amounted to six hundred and sixty - five , and their tonnage to twenty - five thousand six hundred and thirty ; manned by more than four thou- sand seamen . The annual amount of fish exported ...
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... vessels , which cruised successfully against the commerce and armed ships of Britain . Then the naval prowess of America began to unfold itself to the world . Then appeared upon the theatre of naval war a Biddle , a Preble , a Little ...
... vessels , which cruised successfully against the commerce and armed ships of Britain . Then the naval prowess of America began to unfold itself to the world . Then appeared upon the theatre of naval war a Biddle , a Preble , a Little ...
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... vessels , the Race Horse and Carcase were fitted out for the expedition , the command of which was given to Captain Phipps , afterwards Lord Mulgrave . The pe- culiar dangers to which such an undertaking was expo- sed , induced the ...
... vessels , the Race Horse and Carcase were fitted out for the expedition , the command of which was given to Captain Phipps , afterwards Lord Mulgrave . The pe- culiar dangers to which such an undertaking was expo- sed , induced the ...
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... vessel were at Lew- istown in prison , an officer was sent on shore for them , but he returned with information that the two men ... vessels . Every part of his vessel was crowded , the long - boat was fitted for their THE AMERICAN NAVY . 21.
... vessel were at Lew- istown in prison , an officer was sent on shore for them , but he returned with information that the two men ... vessels . Every part of his vessel was crowded , the long - boat was fitted for their THE AMERICAN NAVY . 21.
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... vessels , and their places supplied by men who had entered from the prizes . He had a great number of prisoners , so that , for some days before he got in , he never left the deck . While he was thus indefatigably engaged in weakening ...
... vessels , and their places supplied by men who had entered from the prizes . He had a great number of prisoners , so that , for some days before he got in , he never left the deck . While he was thus indefatigably engaged in weakening ...
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