History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 337
finding one, and so recorded his failure in the name of thisconspicuous headland, which marked the place of his fruitless search. From the mouth of Columbia, Gray sailed to Nootka Sound, wherehe communicated his discoveries to the Spanish commandant, Quadra;to whom he also gave charts, Nvith… … The voyages of Kendrick and Gray were not profitable to the ad-venturers, yet of benefit to the country. They opened the way to FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES. 303 enterprises in the same region which were eminently successful. Inanother point of view, these expeditions were fraught with conse-quences…
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