Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof: Being a Narrative of Travels in the Crimea and Bordering Provinces; with Notices of the Naval, Military, and Commercial Resources of Those Countries |
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... ship - building , and is used green , and never seasoned . A part of the Twelve Apostles ' was rotten when she was launched . This fact is noticed by Herodotus . the town , the water of which has now been 6 CHAP . I. THE CRIMEA :
... ship - building , and is used green , and never seasoned . A part of the Twelve Apostles ' was rotten when she was launched . This fact is noticed by Herodotus . the town , the water of which has now been 6 CHAP . I. THE CRIMEA :
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... ships the whole way to it , of from twenty to sixty feet in depth . A long sandbank , called in the Russian maps the sandbank of Odessa , stretches out in the direction of that town from Kil- boroún for twenty - four miles . Following ...
... ships the whole way to it , of from twenty to sixty feet in depth . A long sandbank , called in the Russian maps the sandbank of Odessa , stretches out in the direction of that town from Kil- boroún for twenty - four miles . Following ...
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... ship , and Baktchéserai must be to them only a group of shabby houses , adorned with paltry ornaments , fit only for the habitations of miserable Tatars . " Hommaire de Hell , Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian , p . 360 , English ...
... ship , and Baktchéserai must be to them only a group of shabby houses , adorned with paltry ornaments , fit only for the habitations of miserable Tatars . " Hommaire de Hell , Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian , p . 360 , English ...
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... Artillery . The fleet at that time consisted of fourteen ships of war in the port , one C ' Pallas's Voyage , ' ii . 46 , in Dubois . naya R. Russian redouble and batteries Stone Bridge H Simp 62 CHAP . VI . CONQUEST OF SEVASTOPOL .
... Artillery . The fleet at that time consisted of fourteen ships of war in the port , one C ' Pallas's Voyage , ' ii . 46 , in Dubois . naya R. Russian redouble and batteries Stone Bridge H Simp 62 CHAP . VI . CONQUEST OF SEVASTOPOL .
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... ships to enter safely , these lights must be kept exactly on the same line , one above the other . Behind Fort Alexander , on the top of the hill to the right on entering , are the barracks of the land- forces ; and this is one of the ...
... ships to enter safely , these lights must be kept exactly on the same line , one above the other . Behind Fort Alexander , on the top of the hill to the right on entering , are the barracks of the land- forces ; and this is one of the ...
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Alouchta ancient artillery Asia Baktchéserai Balaclava banks battalions beautiful Berdiansk Bessarabia Black Sea Bosphorus built called Cape Caucasus cavalry century Chersonese church Circassians colonies commercial Constantinople corps Cossacks Crimea crypts Danube Ditto Dniepr Dniestr Dubois east Emperor empire English entrance Europe exports feet fleet fortress Galatz Genoese Geray Greek ground Haxthausen horse important infantry inhabitants Inkerman Kaffa Karaim Kertch Khan khans of Crimea Kherson land Mangoup miles military Mithridates mountains mouth nations Nicolaief occupied Odessa palace Panticapæum pass peninsula Perecop Petersburg population port Prince principal regiments remains river road rock Rostof ruins Russian army Scythian Sea of Azof Sevastopol ships shores side Soldaya soldiers sotni Soudak southern coast Steppes straits Taganrok Tatars Tauric chain Theodosia tion tomb town trade traveller troops tumuli Turkish Turks valley versts vessels village Vladimir Volga wall wheat whole wine Woronzof
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