Littell's Living Age, Volume 174Littell, Son and Company, 1887 |
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Page 419
... ship La Marquise de Pompadour , which left Rochefort in cargo for Guadaloupe , the 25th of February , 1749. After a fair pas- sage they cast anchor at Pointe à Pittre , where , as there was no other ship in the port , they held their ...
... ship La Marquise de Pompadour , which left Rochefort in cargo for Guadaloupe , the 25th of February , 1749. After a fair pas- sage they cast anchor at Pointe à Pittre , where , as there was no other ship in the port , they held their ...
Page 421
... ship — which was covered with ets . We found , anchored before the town , a vessel of the French Indian Com- pany carrying seventy - four guns . She was richly freighted , and dared not put to sea for fear of the English cruisers ...
... ship — which was covered with ets . We found , anchored before the town , a vessel of the French Indian Com- pany carrying seventy - four guns . She was richly freighted , and dared not put to sea for fear of the English cruisers ...
Page 425
... ship , and our corsair was moved in to half can- non - shot distance , almost grounding , and we cannonaded her till we rendered her useless . " After twenty days ' toil our barge was finished . We set up a mast with a square sail , and ...
... ship , and our corsair was moved in to half can- non - shot distance , almost grounding , and we cannonaded her till we rendered her useless . " After twenty days ' toil our barge was finished . We set up a mast with a square sail , and ...
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