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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... land - owner- ship and labor the general decay caused by want of commercial intercourse with the United States and with each other , the different colonial systems of the various nations owning the islands , the negro question , -all ...
... land - owner- ship and labor the general decay caused by want of commercial intercourse with the United States and with each other , the different colonial systems of the various nations owning the islands , the negro question , -all ...
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... lands . That view is beyond the powers of the stereopticon . The Virgins , with their many quiet anchor- ages , are sure some time to be appreciated highly by yachtsmen . The climate in winter and spring is perfect , not debilitating as ...
... lands . That view is beyond the powers of the stereopticon . The Virgins , with their many quiet anchor- ages , are sure some time to be appreciated highly by yachtsmen . The climate in winter and spring is perfect , not debilitating as ...
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... land . I was reminded of Galatea aided by the nymphs in her escape from Polyphemus . Most unfortunately , I have no photograph of my nymphs , but well - known pictures of Gal- atea's adventure will sufficiently illustrate the situation ...
... land . I was reminded of Galatea aided by the nymphs in her escape from Polyphemus . Most unfortunately , I have no photograph of my nymphs , but well - known pictures of Gal- atea's adventure will sufficiently illustrate the situation ...
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... land at St. Pierre , which we then visited , going ashore and also rowing close to the sea - wall and ruins along the whole water - front of the dead city . This picture shows St. Pierre as it was before the eruption of May 8 , 1902 ...
... land at St. Pierre , which we then visited , going ashore and also rowing close to the sea - wall and ruins along the whole water - front of the dead city . This picture shows St. Pierre as it was before the eruption of May 8 , 1902 ...
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... land . On our left were the Iles - des - Saintes , the French naval station . Off these islands De Grasse was defeated by Rodney , April 12 , 1782 , -the severest naval battle in English history , and a victory that England then ...
... land . On our left were the Iles - des - Saintes , the French naval station . Off these islands De Grasse was defeated by Rodney , April 12 , 1782 , -the severest naval battle in English history , and a victory that England then ...
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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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