Annals of the American Revolution, or a Record of the Causes and Events Which Produced, and Terminated in the Establishment and Independence of the American Republic: To Which Is Prefixed a Summary Ac

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ISBN 10: 0265408679 ISBN 13: 9780265408674

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Excerpt from Annals of the American Revolution, or a Record of the Causes and Events Which Produced, and Terminated in the Establishment and Independence of the American Republic: To Which Is Prefixed a Summary Account of the First Settlement of the Country, and Some of the Principal Indian Wars

In the spring of 1496 they sailed from Bristol, England, with two ships. In this voyage, which was intended for China, in the belief that there was a north-west passage to this country, they fell in With the north side of Labrador, and coasted northerly as far as the 66th degree of N latitude, where they were stopped by the ice, changed their course, and went S. To the 34th degree of N latitude. T hey made no settlements during this voyage, but agreeably to the cus tom of those times, took a general possession of the country in behalf of their king.

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