Works, Volume 58Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... means seems to be that when he went into Ostend the tide had ebbed 2 ft . and yet there was 18 ft . , and yet again it was the shoalest water he encountered . Sars , Du . sas , here means lock - gates . Cf. " the Sars or Water Gates ...
... means seems to be that when he went into Ostend the tide had ebbed 2 ft . and yet there was 18 ft . , and yet again it was the shoalest water he encountered . Sars , Du . sas , here means lock - gates . Cf. " the Sars or Water Gates ...
Page 73
... means on the Continent at the end of the seventeenth century . It also gives occasional information not found in the Diary . For instance , we learn from these accounts that Bowrey travelled by sea in his own yacht , the Duck , in ...
... means on the Continent at the end of the seventeenth century . It also gives occasional information not found in the Diary . For instance , we learn from these accounts that Bowrey travelled by sea in his own yacht , the Duck , in ...
Page 132
... means of the knees , etc. , their ends being lodged on the clamps , keeping the ship to her breadth " ( Knowles , op . cit . ) . ' The gun deck was the main structural deck of this vessel . • Knee , a piece of timber naturally bent ...
... means of the knees , etc. , their ends being lodged on the clamps , keeping the ship to her breadth " ( Knowles , op . cit . ) . ' The gun deck was the main structural deck of this vessel . • Knee , a piece of timber naturally bent ...
Contents
London to Margate p 10 in Calice p 13 Calice | 58 |
APPENDIX I | 73 |
APPENDIX II | 85 |
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