The Heritage of AmericaHenry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins Little, Brown, 1941 - 1227 pages First hand narratives of American life from Leif Ericson to World War II. |
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... wind serving with a strong gale at east , we set sail from Milford Haven where we had waited for wind twelve days , and were carried forth with speedy course , and about noon lost all sight of land . The wind being strong , the sea was ...
... wind serving with a strong gale at east , we set sail from Milford Haven where we had waited for wind twelve days , and were carried forth with speedy course , and about noon lost all sight of land . The wind being strong , the sea was ...
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... wind , by which also we were carried on in our journey after seven leagues a watch . I was exercised [ preached ] in the forenoon and Mr. Maude in the afternoon . In the afternoon the wind grew stronger , and it was a rough night for wind ...
... wind , by which also we were carried on in our journey after seven leagues a watch . I was exercised [ preached ] in the forenoon and Mr. Maude in the afternoon . In the afternoon the wind grew stronger , and it was a rough night for wind ...
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... wind continuing still westward against us , we lay off again to the sea southward , and our seamen and many passengers delighted themselves in taking abundance of mackerel . Wednesday morning [ August 12 ] , the wind serving with a ...
... wind continuing still westward against us , we lay off again to the sea southward , and our seamen and many passengers delighted themselves in taking abundance of mackerel . Wednesday morning [ August 12 ] , the wind serving with a ...
Contents
Leif Ericson Sails to Vineland | 3 |
De Soto Finds the Mississippi and Is Buried beneath It ΙΟ | 10 |
John Smith Founds Jamestown and Is Saved | 23 |
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