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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... sailed from San Juan to the island of Cu- lebra , where we found the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear - Admiral ... past Sail Rock to St. Thomas , or Charlotte Amalie , as this very pic- turesque seaport is named . From St. Thomas we sailed ...
... sailed from San Juan to the island of Cu- lebra , where we found the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear - Admiral ... past Sail Rock to St. Thomas , or Charlotte Amalie , as this very pic- turesque seaport is named . From St. Thomas we sailed ...
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... sailed past St. Lucia . At sundown , when near to the Soufrière St. Vin- cent , we saw lightnings about the mountain and a black cloud on top , and we learned later that there was a slight eruption that night . We arrived at Kingstown ...
... sailed past St. Lucia . At sundown , when near to the Soufrière St. Vin- cent , we saw lightnings about the mountain and a black cloud on top , and we learned later that there was a slight eruption that night . We arrived at Kingstown ...
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... sailed among many of the eastern Grenadines , past the Soufrière St. Vincent , the Soufrière St. Lucia , and the stupendous Pitons , to Castries , St. Lucia , which is the Gibraltar of the West Indies , and the great West Indian coaling ...
... sailed among many of the eastern Grenadines , past the Soufrière St. Vincent , the Soufrière St. Lucia , and the stupendous Pitons , to Castries , St. Lucia , which is the Gibraltar of the West Indies , and the great West Indian coaling ...
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... sailed past Marie Galante to Pointe - à- Pitre , Grande Terre , the eastern one of the twin islands called Guadeloupe . A narrow and shal- low strait , the Rivière Salée , divides Grande Terre from the other or western twin , which is 19.
... sailed past Marie Galante to Pointe - à- Pitre , Grande Terre , the eastern one of the twin islands called Guadeloupe . A narrow and shal- low strait , the Rivière Salée , divides Grande Terre from the other or western twin , which is 19.
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... sailed along the southeastern coast of Guadeloupe , past bright green fields of sugar cane , fertile hills , and noble mountains from which waterfalls and streams descend to the sea . A lovely , laughing land . On our left were the Iles ...
... sailed along the southeastern coast of Guadeloupe , past bright green fields of sugar cane , fertile hills , and noble mountains from which waterfalls and streams descend to the sea . A lovely , laughing land . On our left were the Iles ...
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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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