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... hundred miles from the nearest settlement of white men . To this spot they gave the name of PLYMOUTH — a reminiscence of the last English land which they had seen as they passed down the Channel . HOBOKEN , an Indian word , meaning the ...
... hundred miles from the nearest settlement of white men . To this spot they gave the name of PLYMOUTH — a reminiscence of the last English land which they had seen as they passed down the Channel . HOBOKEN , an Indian word , meaning the ...
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... hundred miles in small open boats , no local name remains as a memorial . The names of other heroes of the Elizabethan era are to be sought elsewhere . In the Northern Seas we find a record of the achievements of four brave Englishmen ...
... hundred miles in small open boats , no local name remains as a memorial . The names of other heroes of the Elizabethan era are to be sought elsewhere . In the Northern Seas we find a record of the achievements of four brave Englishmen ...
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... hundred years , none dared to follow them . They discovered the magnificent expanse of water which is known by the name of BAFFIN'S BAY , and they coasted round its shores in hopes of finding some outlet towards the North or West ...
... hundred years , none dared to follow them . They discovered the magnificent expanse of water which is known by the name of BAFFIN'S BAY , and they coasted round its shores in hopes of finding some outlet towards the North or West ...
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... hundred colonists had perished , and the survivors were medi- tating the abandonment of what seemed a hopeless enterprise . Before long , Smith's force of character placed him at the head of affairs , which soon began to improve under ...
... hundred colonists had perished , and the survivors were medi- tating the abandonment of what seemed a hopeless enterprise . Before long , Smith's force of character placed him at the head of affairs , which soon began to improve under ...
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... hundred years- " the only thing of the world yet left undone by which a notable minde might be made famous . " Such names as REPULSE BAY , POINT TURNAGAIN , RETURN REEF , POINT ANXIETY , the BAY OF MERCY , FORT ENTERPRISE , FORT ...
... hundred years- " the only thing of the world yet left undone by which a notable minde might be made famous . " Such names as REPULSE BAY , POINT TURNAGAIN , RETURN REEF , POINT ANXIETY , the BAY OF MERCY , FORT ENTERPRISE , FORT ...
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