Nixon, Mima, illustrator, Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. · leaf 281
which he planted on a hill over-looking the sea, with this inscription in Dutch,Skipper Peter made this cross in the year ofChrist, 1694. It was a Swiss, Fran9ois Lefort, who persuadedPeter to undertake the expedition against Azovin 1695, and to go abroad to complete his educa-tion. He commanded in… … The Palace, Peterhof PETERHOF a model galley from Holland. Twenty-twocopies were made from it; twenty-six thousandlabourers working night and day. We havefinished our task, because, like our father Adam,we ate our bread in the sweat of our brow,said Peter, living in a two-roomed houseamong his…
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