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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... shore of South America , and beginning near 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 ...
... shore of South America , and beginning near 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 ...
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... shores and beaches near San Juan . We sailed from San Juan to the island of Cu- lebra , where we found the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear - Admiral Higginson , Com- mander - in - chief . His flag - ship , the Kearsarge , and the ...
... shores and beaches near San Juan . We sailed from San Juan to the island of Cu- lebra , where we found the North Atlantic Squadron under Rear - Admiral Higginson , Com- mander - in - chief . His flag - ship , the Kearsarge , and the ...
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... shore of the island of St. John , through the sound called Virgin's Road , or Sir Francis Drake's Channel , between the Danish and the British Virgins , and anchored for the night at Virgin Gorda , on the southeastern end of this ...
... shore of the island of St. John , through the sound called Virgin's Road , or Sir Francis Drake's Channel , between the Danish and the British Virgins , and anchored for the night at Virgin Gorda , on the southeastern end of this ...
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... shore , then through an intricate coral reef , and then through a large lagoon . Saturday , January 31st , we sailed first to the French island of St. Bartholomew , or St. Barts , where we went , in the launch , about the pictur- esque ...
... shore , then through an intricate coral reef , and then through a large lagoon . Saturday , January 31st , we sailed first to the French island of St. Bartholomew , or St. Barts , where we went , in the launch , about the pictur- esque ...
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... shore of the harbor . This picture may give valuable hints to our Regatta Committee . It is of a race between Castries yachts , which passed close to the Sea Fox . The yachtsmen had to let go their sheets often to keep from upsetting ...
... shore of the harbor . This picture may give valuable hints to our Regatta Committee . It is of a race between Castries yachts , which passed close to the Sea Fox . The yachtsmen had to let go their sheets often to keep from upsetting ...
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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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