Cruising in the Caribbean with a Camera: Lecture Delivered May 7, 1903 at the New York Yacht Club Including Description of Globular Naval Battery Invented by the Author |
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... Trinidad , I determined to take the Sea Fox there again . I have now returned from a cruise of about three months . During this time I have visited most of the islands at which I landed last year , and also some others , including Hayti ...
... Trinidad , I determined to take the Sea Fox there again . I have now returned from a cruise of about three months . During this time I have visited most of the islands at which I landed last year , and also some others , including Hayti ...
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... Trinidad , and attaining its greatest height near Caracas , is what Kingsley , in " Westward Ho ! " has called " the mighty northern wall , the highest cliff on earth , some nine thousand feet of rock parted from the sea by a narrow ...
... Trinidad , and attaining its greatest height near Caracas , is what Kingsley , in " Westward Ho ! " has called " the mighty northern wall , the highest cliff on earth , some nine thousand feet of rock parted from the sea by a narrow ...
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... Trinidad would be for a long stay . The next day we sailed near to the island of Saba , a great volcanic cone above steep cliffs , and arrived the following morning , January 30th , at Philipsburg , the Dutch port on the island of St ...
... Trinidad would be for a long stay . The next day we sailed near to the island of Saba , a great volcanic cone above steep cliffs , and arrived the following morning , January 30th , at Philipsburg , the Dutch port on the island of St ...
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... Trinidad , we obtained a permit at Fort - de - France , and landed at St. Pierre . There is a fine statue of Empress Josephine , erected in the principal square of Fort - de - France , in memory of her birthplace near here . This is a ...
... Trinidad , we obtained a permit at Fort - de - France , and landed at St. Pierre . There is a fine statue of Empress Josephine , erected in the principal square of Fort - de - France , in memory of her birthplace near here . This is a ...
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... Trinidad . The fine auxiliary yacht Mohican steamed out before us , but when the trade - wind commenced to blow we soon passed her , and reached Port of Spain , Trinidad , long before her . I mention this as a proof that steam is not ...
... Trinidad . The fine auxiliary yacht Mohican steamed out before us , but when the trade - wind commenced to blow we soon passed her , and reached Port of Spain , Trinidad , long before her . I mention this as a proof that steam is not ...
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anchored ANSON PHELPS STOKES Ariadne armor bananas barbettes BATTERY U.S. LETTERS battle-ship BERTH British Captain Caribbean Sea Castries Cherry Garden cliff coast Colonial colored Columbus Croix cruise Cuba Diamond Rock dined Dominica drove eruption feet flag-ship FLOATING BATTERY Fontaine Chaude Fort-de-France Fredericksted Fruit Company GLOBULAR BATTERY U.S. Government House GRANTED APRIL Grenada Grenadines Guadeloupe harbor Havana Hayti island Jacmel Jamaica Kingston Kitts land large guns launch lecture LETTERS PATENT Lucia Mares-Caux Martinique Matuba miles mountain Naval night Ozama Ozama River passed close Pelée Pierre plantations political equality Ponce Port Antonio Porto Rico Positive G. M. purposes set race rail Rear-Admiral RESERVE COAL sailed past San Juan Santo Domingo Sea Fox shore sloop-of-war Soufrière Soufrière St spherical floating bat Squadron substantially spherical floating sugar Terre tons trade-winds Trident Trinidad U.S. LETTERS PATENT upper deck Vincent Virgin visited West Indies wind Yachtsmen YORK YACHT CLUB
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