Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 · [New York] Printed at the De Vinne press for Doubleday and McClure company · leaf 184
f 1 81 2 sailed from New York, in command of theEssex, on one of the most eventful cruises ever had by a man-of-war. His first feat was to capture the Alert, in an engage-ment of eight minutes, without any loss or damage to his ship;and so well directed was the fire of the Essex, that the Alerthad… … Life Masks 95 English whale-fishery in the Pacific Ocean, and sailed on thiserrand, around the Horn, for Valparaiso. He made such havocwith the British shipping that the loss footed up to twomillion and a half of dollars and four hundred men prisoners. The British sent two vessels, with picked…
Browere, John Henri Isaac, 1792-1834 · Masks (Sculpture) · Sculpture, American
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