The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 33
twhat we wanted him to do. The whole shipand all the men on it are wanted, Captain, justto take this little Eskimo boy round the worldand to bring him back to New York.77 But why in the world,77 the captain wouldprobably say, do you want this little boy totake this long voyage of twenty-five… … 6 THE EARTH AND SKY. We should put our boy on the ship, and liewould sail away out of the harbor, past SandyHook lighthouse to the east. You and I can follow on the map theway the ship would go. In the first placethey would sail to the east, across the Atlan-tic Ocean, through the Straits of…
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