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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... visited most of the islands at which I landed last year , and also some others , including Hayti , Jamaica , and Cuba . 1 One hundred and forty - six stereopticon views were used in this lecture . A few of these views are here ...
... visited most of the islands at which I landed last year , and also some others , including Hayti , Jamaica , and Cuba . 1 One hundred and forty - six stereopticon views were used in this lecture . A few of these views are here ...
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... visited . I think that few in our community know much of the interests and beauties surrounding the Caribbean Sea . Our war with Spain and the terrible disasters at Martinique and St. Vincent have called attention to a few islands , but ...
... visited . I think that few in our community know much of the interests and beauties surrounding the Caribbean Sea . Our war with Spain and the terrible disasters at Martinique and St. Vincent have called attention to a few islands , but ...
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... visited in the Sea Fox between Janu- ary 22 , 1903 , when we joined the yacht at San Juan , Porto Rico , to April 14 , when we entered the port of Baltimore , Md . Some of the photo- graphs taken on the Sea Fox proved defective . I have ...
... visited in the Sea Fox between Janu- ary 22 , 1903 , when we joined the yacht at San Juan , Porto Rico , to April 14 , when we entered the port of Baltimore , Md . Some of the photo- graphs taken on the Sea Fox proved defective . I have ...
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... visited the old fig - tree church , where Lord Nelson was married . William , Duke of Clarence , afterward King William IV , was best man . St. Kitts , Nevis , and St. Croix are of great in- terest to Americans on account of the early ...
... visited the old fig - tree church , where Lord Nelson was married . William , Duke of Clarence , afterward King William IV , was best man . St. Kitts , Nevis , and St. Croix are of great in- terest to Americans on account of the early ...
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... visited the flag - ship Ariadne , and Captain Browning of the Ariadne called on the Sea Fox . One of my guests , Mr. James William Beek- man , had , to our great regret , to leave us to re- turn to New York . We went to the steamer to ...
... visited the flag - ship Ariadne , and Captain Browning of the Ariadne called on the Sea Fox . One of my guests , Mr. James William Beek- man , had , to our great regret , to leave us to re- turn to New York . We went to the steamer to ...
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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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