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Page vi
... provisions that no master , in the worst days of our merchant marine , would have dared to put to sea with , the adventurers had a thousand chances to one against ever finding their way home again . And yet , though they parted company ...
... provisions that no master , in the worst days of our merchant marine , would have dared to put to sea with , the adventurers had a thousand chances to one against ever finding their way home again . And yet , though they parted company ...
Page 118
... provisions , and avail ourselves of the food used by the natives ; for that , though I had sufficient victuals in ... provision , paying for it with other things ; and that , if the natives refused to barter it , I might take some in ...
... provisions , and avail ourselves of the food used by the natives ; for that , though I had sufficient victuals in ... provision , paying for it with other things ; and that , if the natives refused to barter it , I might take some in ...
Page 418
... provisions, he said that the ships were getting worn with the long voyage, and the tackle likewise, and that, though repaired, they were still leaky, and therefore it was not fitting to go and fetch more provisions ; also that all the ...
... provisions, he said that the ships were getting worn with the long voyage, and the tackle likewise, and that, though repaired, they were still leaky, and therefore it was not fitting to go and fetch more provisions ; also that all the ...
Contents
PAGE | vii |
The Gela Florida Islands | xxx |
The Islands of Savo Solomon and Sesarga Spain | lxxxvi |
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