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" Guinea ; notwithstanding we ran hard aboard the cape, finding the report of the Portugals to be most false, who affirm that it is the most dangerous cape of the world, never without intolerable storms and present danger to travellers which come near the... "
A Historical Geography of the British Colonies - Page 7
by Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - 1897
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The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies..

1845 - 432 pages
...report of the Portingals (Portuguese) most false, who affirmed that it is the most dangerous cape in the world, never without intolerable storms and present danger to travellers which come near the same." He put into Sierra Leone, and stayed there two days taking in water and procuring oysters and fruit....
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The Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies...

1845 - 384 pages
...report of the Portingals (Portuguese) most false, who affirmed that it is the most dangerous cape in the world, never without intolerable storms and present danger to travellers which come near the same." He put into Sierra Leone, and stayed there two days taking in water and procuring oysters and fruit....
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Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies, Volumes 4-6

1845 - 410 pages
...report of the Portingals (Portuguese) most false, who affirmed that it is the most dangerous cape in, the world, never without intolerable storms and present danger to travellers which come near the same." He put into Sierra Leone, and stayed there two days taking in water and procuring qvjters and fruit....
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The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake: Being His Next Voyage to that to ...

Sir Francis Drake, William Sandya Wright Vaux - 1854 - 424 pages
...came to Sierra s*0 Leona, upon the coast of Guinea : notwithstanding we ranne "gills haie hard aboord the Cape, finding the report of the Portugals to be most false, who affirme, that it is the most dangerous Cape of the world, neuer without intolerable stormes and present...
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History of South Africa, 1486-1691

George McCall Theal - 1888 - 472 pages
...in the account of the voyage:— ' We ran hard aboard the Cape, finding the report of the Portuguese to be most false, who affirm that it is the most dangerous...intolerable storms and present danger to travellers who come near the same. This Cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest i The accounts given here...
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Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America, 13 narratives from the ...

Richard Hakluyt - 1893 - 344 pages
...it, or any other land, until we came to Sierra Leona, upon the coast of Guinea ; notwithstanding we ran hard aboard the cape, finding the report of the...present danger to travellers which come near the same. This cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth,...
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Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America: Select Narratives ..., Volume 1

Richard Hakluyt - 1893 - 350 pages
...it, or any other land, until we came to Sierra Leona, upon the coast of Guinea ; notwithstanding we ran hard aboard the cape, finding the report of the...dangerous cape of the world, never without intolerable 158°] Cape of Good Hope. 229 storms and present danger to travellers which come near the same. This...
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The Portuguese in South Africa: With a Description of the Native Races ...

George McCall Theal - 1896 - 352 pages
...the account of the voyage : — "We ran hard aboard the Cape, finding the report of the Portuguese to be most false, who affirm that it is the most dangerous...intolerable storms and present danger to travellers who come near the same. This cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest cape we saw in the whole...
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The Transvaal and the Boers: A Brief History

William Edward Garrett Fisher - 1896 - 308 pages
..." We ran hard aboard the Cape," says Drake's log, '' finding the report of the Portuguese to be mos false, who affirm that it is the most dangerous cape...intolerable storms and present danger to travellers who come near the same. This Cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest cape we saw in the whole...
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Impressions of South Africa

James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1897 - 644 pages
...ran hard aboard the Cape, finding the report of the Portuguese to be most false, who affirm that it b the most dangerous cape of the world, never without...intolerable storms and present danger to travellers who come near the same. This cape is a most stately thing, and the finest cape we saw in the whole...
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