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Authentic Accounts of Adventures at Sea Charles Neider. 1654 An Account of the Shipwrecked Crew of a Dutch Vessel WE SAILED out of the Texel on the 10th of January , 1653-4 in the evening with a very fair gale , and ... CREW OF A DUTCH ...
Authentic Accounts of Adventures at Sea Charles Neider. 1654 An Account of the Shipwrecked Crew of a Dutch Vessel WE SAILED out of the Texel on the 10th of January , 1653-4 in the evening with a very fair gale , and ... CREW OF A DUTCH ...
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... crew had already perished and the surviving few - weak , distracted , and desti- tute of almost everything - envied the fate of those whose lifeless corpses no longer wanted sustenance . The sense of hunger was almost lost , but a ...
... crew had already perished and the surviving few - weak , distracted , and desti- tute of almost everything - envied the fate of those whose lifeless corpses no longer wanted sustenance . The sense of hunger was almost lost , but a ...
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... crew he was the only one who showed cour- age and resourcefulness . On the other side there were those who asserted that if such a tragic course were necessary , rather than an arbitrary choice of vic- tims , lots should have been drawn ...
... crew he was the only one who showed cour- age and resourcefulness . On the other side there were those who asserted that if such a tragic course were necessary , rather than an arbitrary choice of vic- tims , lots should have been drawn ...
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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER SERRANO | 5 |
THE TRUE RELATION OF PETER CARDER | 6 |
BY RICHARD CLARKE OF WEYMOUTH | 15 |
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