The American Mariners: Or, The Atlantic Voyage. A Moral Poem ... Prefixed is A Vindication of the American Character ... To which are Added Naval Annals: Or, An Impartial Summary of the Actions Fought, During the Late War, at Sea, and on the Lakes, Between the Ships of Great Britain and Those of the United States of America ...Brodie and Dowding, 1822 - 384 páginas |
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... miles . But the Hudson can be navigated 180 miles from the ocean ; the Delaware , 160 ; the Potomac , 300 ; and there are not only several other rivers , but many bays and sounds , far exceeding in length and depth the great river Elbe ...
... miles . But the Hudson can be navigated 180 miles from the ocean ; the Delaware , 160 ; the Potomac , 300 ; and there are not only several other rivers , but many bays and sounds , far exceeding in length and depth the great river Elbe ...
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... miles distant , which they reached at eight o'clock that night , and re- ferring to London as a standard of comparison , were surprized to find the metropolis of the Western World , a city with streets laid out but not built on , or ...
... miles distant , which they reached at eight o'clock that night , and re- ferring to London as a standard of comparison , were surprized to find the metropolis of the Western World , a city with streets laid out but not built on , or ...
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... miles from its estuary , and is the great mart for the produce of the western States of the Union , to which that ... miles , or 860,658,560 acres ; nearly 28 times the extent of England and Wales , and 11 times that of the whole of ...
... miles from its estuary , and is the great mart for the produce of the western States of the Union , to which that ... miles , or 860,658,560 acres ; nearly 28 times the extent of England and Wales , and 11 times that of the whole of ...
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