The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Embracing the Following Subjects, Viz., Discoveries and Settlements - Indian History - Indian, French and Revolutionary Wars -religious History - Biographical Sketches - Anecdotes, Traditions, Remarkable and Unaccountable Occurrences - with a Great Variety of Curious and Interesting Relics of Antiquity |
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... arrived at a promontory which stretched to the east and north , and sailing round it turned to the west and sailing westward , passed between an island and the mainland , and entering a bay through which flowed a river , they concluded ...
... arrived at a promontory which stretched to the east and north , and sailing round it turned to the west and sailing westward , passed between an island and the mainland , and entering a bay through which flowed a river , they concluded ...
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... arrived at Kjalarnes ; whence sailing south by the shore of the promontory , which they found to consist of trackless beaches and long wastes of sand , they called it Furthu- strandir , ( Wonder - Strand or Beach ; ) whether on account ...
... arrived at Kjalarnes ; whence sailing south by the shore of the promontory , which they found to consist of trackless beaches and long wastes of sand , they called it Furthu- strandir , ( Wonder - Strand or Beach ; ) whether on account ...
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... arrived . the next year with supplies , brought the news of the death of Sir John Popham and Sir John Gilbert . These misfortunes , with the death of Capt . George Popham , the loss of the stores the preceding winter by fire , with the ...
... arrived . the next year with supplies , brought the news of the death of Sir John Popham and Sir John Gilbert . These misfortunes , with the death of Capt . George Popham , the loss of the stores the preceding winter by fire , with the ...
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... arrived on the fol- lowing day . On the eighteenth and nineteenth they went on shore for discovery , but returned at night to the ship . On the morning of the twentieth , after imploring divine guidance , they went on shore again , to ...
... arrived on the fol- lowing day . On the eighteenth and nineteenth they went on shore for discovery , but returned at night to the ship . On the morning of the twentieth , after imploring divine guidance , they went on shore again , to ...
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... arrival . He died the 5th of April following . He was a man of great piety , and indefatigable in his endeavors to advance ... arrived in the ship Charity , and , together with a good supply of clothing , brought a bull and three heifers ...
... arrival . He died the 5th of April following . He was a man of great piety , and indefatigable in his endeavors to advance ... arrived in the ship Charity , and , together with a good supply of clothing , brought a bull and three heifers ...
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