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The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man; Taken from his own mouth in his passage to England from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector. By a Passenger in the ship. Embellished with cuts.
The narration tells a personal account of ship life on a transatlantic voyage from Cape Horn in America to England in the late 1700’s, early 1800’s. Based on first-person records of details of the experience, we have a window of knowledge to grasp…
File: Town Plan map of Chichester, Sussex .jpg
The map shows a lot of space in which the novel explains also that there are many open spaces. The map shows many details from the outlines where buildings/shops/homes could be, along with wooded areas, and bodies of water.
LETTER FROM ENGLAND
1834-10-11
This article is about someone’s experiences with weather….. They felt like the weather was not extremely cold or severely hot after living in England for “two summers and a third winter.” She says that there was never any…
This article is about someone’s experiences with weather….. They felt like the weather was not extremely cold or severely hot after living in England for “two summers and a third winter.” She says that there was never any…
To the Editor of the Christian Observer
The article is an editorial from a concerned citizen to a Christian magazine with concerns regarding religion in the English Navy. He expresses the lack of bishops overseeing Chaplains on the ships and how when ships are stationed in harbors, the…
DESCRIPTION OF NEW YORK By Noah Webster
This book contains a detailed description of New York City in 1786 by Noah Webster. It includes comprehensive geographical details, with in depth information of history of various important buildings such as churches, and picturesque portrayal of…
MONTHLY INTELLIGENCE.: LONDON.
This article is an article about the monthly updates from the Americas to the Home country. It is standard in terms of what it contains, and only talks about new information that King George III wants to know. It can be linked to Charlotte Temple…
The examiner
In this primary source, they talk about Thomas Paine, who in 1776 published a book called Common Sense which was the first book of its time to call for independence form Great Britain and to have the people rally together. And in this writing they…
The Chichester guide
This book goes through the entire history of Chichester. From the ancient civilizations to the 1800s, this bok reveals all the history of buildings and places in the city. We are able to use this primary source to compare different parts of…
Lycidas
In the poem, written as eulogy for a friend who was a sailor. In the poem, Poseidon blames not his ocean but the faulty human tools that failed to navigate it: “It was that fatal and perfidious Bark⁄ Built in th’eclipse, and rigg’d with curses dark,⁄…