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And whereas the River of Chawanook , and all the other Sounds , and Bayes , salt and fresh , shewe no current in the world in calme weather , but are mooved altogether with the winde : This River of Moratoc hath so violent a current ...
And whereas the River of Chawanook , and all the other Sounds , and Bayes , salt and fresh , shewe no current in the world in calme weather , but are mooved altogether with the winde : This River of Moratoc hath so violent a current ...
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King presently conducted me to another Kingdome , upon the top of the next northerly river , called Youghtanan . Having feasted me , he further led me to another branch of the river , called Mattapament , to two other hunting townes ...
King presently conducted me to another Kingdome , upon the top of the next northerly river , called Youghtanan . Having feasted me , he further led me to another branch of the river , called Mattapament , to two other hunting townes ...
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At our return we went into the middle of the river , and stood upon a large blue rock to angle , but without any success . We broke off a fragment of the rock , and found it as heavy as so much lead . Discouraged by our ill luck ...
At our return we went into the middle of the river , and stood upon a large blue rock to angle , but without any success . We broke off a fragment of the rock , and found it as heavy as so much lead . Discouraged by our ill luck ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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| Title | Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the Present |
| Editor | Francis Coleman Rosenberger |
| Contributor | Francis Coleman Rosenberger |
| Publisher | E.P. Dutton, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 576 pages |
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