Four Centuries of Progress; Or, Panorama of American History from the Discovery of the American Continent to the Present Time ...: And a Magnificent Description of the Columbian ExpositionInternational Publishing Company, 1893 - 923 pages |
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Page 260
... Lake Ontario . Encouraged by the governor of Canada he had explored Lake Ontario , and had ascended to Lake Erie . When the French governor a few years later built Fort Frontenac to guard the outlet of Lake Ontario , La Salle was ...
... Lake Ontario . Encouraged by the governor of Canada he had explored Lake Ontario , and had ascended to Lake Erie . When the French governor a few years later built Fort Frontenac to guard the outlet of Lake Ontario , La Salle was ...
Page 312
... Lake George . Abercrombie made no effort to rally them ; he was too badly frightened for that ; and led the army towards the landing- place , on Lake George , with such haste that but for the energetic action of Colonel Brad- street the ...
... Lake George . Abercrombie made no effort to rally them ; he was too badly frightened for that ; and led the army towards the landing- place , on Lake George , with such haste that but for the energetic action of Colonel Brad- street the ...
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... lake 1,200 feet , were piers which afforded a landing- place for the lake steamers , and enclosed a harbor for the picturesque little pleasure boats of all epochs and nations . ARLY in 1891 active preparations | ings were located , is ...
... lake 1,200 feet , were piers which afforded a landing- place for the lake steamers , and enclosed a harbor for the picturesque little pleasure boats of all epochs and nations . ARLY in 1891 active preparations | ings were located , is ...
Contents
PAGK | 17 |
Discovery of the Western Continent eries of VerrazzaniCartier Explores the St Law | 43 |
Maritime Enterprise in the Fifteenth CenturyThe BayEvents of the First YearDe Soto Enters | 50 |
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