 | World history - 1783 - 512 pages
...entrance into the harbour is by a narrow channel, very difficult of accefs, and fortified ftrongly with platforms, works, and artillery, for half a mile,...channel is fecured by two ftrong caftles, one on the eaft fide called the Moro Fort, built in the form of a triangle, fortified with baflions, and mounted... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse - Geography - 1823 - 886 pages
...very difficult of access, that only one vessel can enter at once. The channel is strongly fortified with platforms, works and artillery, for half a mile, which is the length of the passage. The mouth of this channel is secured by two strong castles. Besides these fortifications,... | |
 | Geography - 1825 - 778 pages
...very diUicult of access, tin'. only one vessel can enter at once- Tbii channel is strongly fortified with platforms, works, and artillery, for half a mile, which is the length of the passage. The inou:.. of the channel is also secured by two stro: .,• castles ; the one on the east... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 620 pages
...entrance, so difficult of access that only one vessel can enter at a time. It is strongly fortified with platforms, works, and artillery, for half a mile, which is the length of the passage ; and the mouth of this channel is secured by two strong castles, one on each side. The place... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...entrance, so difficult of access that only one vessel can enter at a time. It is strongly fortified with platforms, works, and artillery, for half a mile, which is the length of the passage ; and the mouth of this channel is secured by two strong castles, one on each side. The place... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pages
...entrance, so difficult of access that only one vessel can enter at a time. It is strongly fortified with platforms, works, and artillery, for half a mile, which is the length of the passage ; and the mouth of this channel is secured by Uve strong castles, one on each side. The place... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 618 pages
...entrance, so difficult of access that only one vessel can enter at a time. It is strongly fortified with platforms, works, and artillery, for half a mile, which is the length of the passage ; and the mouth of this channel is secured by two strong castles, one on each side. The place... | |
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The entrance into the harbor is by a narrow channel, about 1000 feet wide at its entrance, so difficult of access that only one vessel can enter at a time. It is strongly fortified with platforms, works, and artillery, for half a mile, which is the length... 