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... sailors mutinied . At night they silently rose against the officers , seized two ships and forced their commanders to turn for home . After a dreadful voyage , only a handful of survivors reached the American coast . Torres , in charge ...
... sailors mutinied . At night they silently rose against the officers , seized two ships and forced their commanders to turn for home . After a dreadful voyage , only a handful of survivors reached the American coast . Torres , in charge ...
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... sailors , and although they had suffered much they were alive . While he was away , more than half the crew had mutinied and had seized the treasure aboard the wrecked Batavia . The ringleader of the mutineers , Cornelius , had forced ...
... sailors , and although they had suffered much they were alive . While he was away , more than half the crew had mutinied and had seized the treasure aboard the wrecked Batavia . The ringleader of the mutineers , Cornelius , had forced ...
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... sailors saw a magnificent spectacle , a dazzling line of white foam extending from horizon to horizon , where the outer sea broke against the submerged reef . On the outer side of the reef storm - buffeted masses of coral projected from ...
... sailors saw a magnificent spectacle , a dazzling line of white foam extending from horizon to horizon , where the outer sea broke against the submerged reef . On the outer side of the reef storm - buffeted masses of coral projected from ...
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The Coast of Doom I I | 11 |
The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
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