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... boat , so contrary to our mutual agreement . Many hours of hard labor and toil were spent before the boat could fetch the ship ; and the seamen ( whose act it was to set sail without the captain's order , as we were told after ) cared ...
... boat , so contrary to our mutual agreement . Many hours of hard labor and toil were spent before the boat could fetch the ship ; and the seamen ( whose act it was to set sail without the captain's order , as we were told after ) cared ...
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... boat in pieces . That man was never seen ; the rest were all saved , but the goods lost . The man that was blown away with the powder in the boat at Piscataqua was after found with his hands and feet torn off . This fellow , being ...
... boat in pieces . That man was never seen ; the rest were all saved , but the goods lost . The man that was blown away with the powder in the boat at Piscataqua was after found with his hands and feet torn off . This fellow , being ...
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... boat , he saw two Indians propelling a boat with oars towards him ; and when they had come alongside one of them put his foot into the boat in which the Father was sitting . Whilst he gazed on the man with fixed eyes , being in doubt ...
... boat , he saw two Indians propelling a boat with oars towards him ; and when they had come alongside one of them put his foot into the boat in which the Father was sitting . Whilst he gazed on the man with fixed eyes , being in doubt ...
Contents
Frontispiece TITLE PAGE Captain John Smith The Generall | 1 |
A Voyage to New England | 21 |
THE ARRIVAL OF THE English in Virginia De Bry The Great | 33 |
Copyright | |
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