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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... night and storm , to give warning to the settlers . Fail- ing in this effort the Indians resolved to starve the colony , and soon the whites began to experience the sufferings of a famine . Thirty of them seized one of the ships ...
... night and storm , to give warning to the settlers . Fail- ing in this effort the Indians resolved to starve the colony , and soon the whites began to experience the sufferings of a famine . Thirty of them seized one of the ships ...
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... night of the third . A grand civic and torchlight procession paraded the streets , which were brilliantly illuminated along the whole line of march . The proces- sion began to move about half - past 8 o'clock at night , and consisted of ...
... night of the third . A grand civic and torchlight procession paraded the streets , which were brilliantly illuminated along the whole line of march . The proces- sion began to move about half - past 8 o'clock at night , and consisted of ...
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... night which , perhaps , not one in ten thousand would discover by day . There was a uniform cornice level on all the buildings 60 feet from the ground . This line was marked at night by lines of incandescent light . The little bulbs ...
... night which , perhaps , not one in ten thousand would discover by day . There was a uniform cornice level on all the buildings 60 feet from the ground . This line was marked at night by lines of incandescent light . The little bulbs ...
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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