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The Death Of Captain Cook by J. C. Beaglehole  On 17 January 1779, after a hard season on the north-west coast of America and ... he feared he might have outworn his welcome-decided to put back to the known .... He would himself undoubtedly have rebutted the remark, and none of his ... could not ask Cook to go out again at once-even if he had laid himself open to it.
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Ken Jennings Final Jeopardy Clues II Quiz - By camwdw71 - Sporcle  Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim, HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN. Born in 1564, he was employed by Elizabeth...
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The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida  Page 33  Jul 12, 2004 ... The answer was: "Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim." I See KEN, 4D YV11U ClUilllllCU...
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Jeopardy record at 24 wins, $$@$!788,960 - UPI Archives - UPI.com  Jul 6, 2004 ... ... was "historic Englishmen" and the statement was, "Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim.".
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Editions - The ...  Oct 23, 2011 ... Poe told romantic stories about himself and made ironic and jocular remarks that his ... for I have met only one man, Edward V. Valentine, who remembered seeing Poe, ... He had probably been a member of an amateur Thespian Club in .... [1813] On May 14, Mr. Allan recorded that Edgar had caught the...
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Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad: 'It's about having a steel-trap mind ...  Jul 10, 2016 ... And what she did was not simply impressive for her age, or because she ... while covering a distance of 110 miles  more than five times the length of the ... And if we were just going to swim from here to just over there, I'd probably be last. .... Find a Way: One Untamed and Courageous Life by Diana Nyad is...
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Abraham Lincoln, Inventor, 1849 | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of ...  On March 10, 1849, Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for a device for buoying vessels ... Abraham Lincoln the honor of being the only US president to hold a patent. ... His invention, adjustable buoyant air chambers, would be attached to the ... combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steamboat or other vessel for...
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Free Flashcards about AMERICAN HISTORY - StudyStack  SINCE BEING INTRODUCED IN 1974, HIS FAMOUS "MANEUVER" HAS SAVED THOUSANDS OF CHOKING PEOPLE AND PETS TOO, HEIMLICH. IN 1950...
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jeopardy/1849_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS | It took nearly 22 hours to achieve this in 1875; in 1994 it took only 7 hours & 17 minutes | Swimming across the English Channel.
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The Real Immortal Words of John Paul Jones - Journal of the ...  Jan 19, 2015 ... I've read that he did not really shout I have not yet begun to fight! during his famous sea battle, and that he probably said something else. ... In late September, 1779, Jones was in the North Sea in the Bonhomme ... On September 22 he assembled his squadron off Flamborough Head on England's east...
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Poor Richard's Almanack, 1733 | Benjamin Franklin | AMDOCS ...  [ Benjamin Franklin] ... This small difference between us we have disputed whenever we have met these 9 Years past; but at length he is inclinable to ... Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water. ... Keep your mouth wet, feet dry.
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Poetry 2 Flashcards | Quizlet  POETRY---Not only did he write "Don Juan", he proved it was possible to swim the Hellespont by doing it himself. Lord Byron .... POETS & POETRY---He included an unflattering description of himself in one of "The Canterbury Tales". Chaucer.
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A SMALL PIECE OF HISTORY - The Washington Post  Oct 4, 1992 ... History teaches that by the time he defeated Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar, Lord ... military supervision to the rockbound South Atlantic island of St. Helena. ... in obviously to do the autopsy when Napoleon died," says New York urologist ... There remains in all this, Lattimer realizes, a healthy dollop of doubt.
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LORD NELSON - home at first  13 Things You Don't Know about Britain's greatest naval hero: ... only 35 he lost his right eye during the French Revolution in the British capture of Corsica in 1794. ... Four years after losing sight in his right eye, Nelson lost an arm and a battle.
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Full text of "The life of Benjamin Franklin : with many choice ...  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, prbsideivt of tke AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY; ..... Little Ben, neatly clad and comb'd, was pack'd off to school with the rest; and as ...... A young man who as- pires to be learned merely for fame^xs in danger; ("or, ...... I have not been able to procure any thing like certainty as to the sum that...
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Next Entries - The History Blog  Aug 8, 2015 ... Over the decades he forgot about the wallet he'd lost in Austria, until it all came back to ... while the remains of the ships themselves are still safe under their cover of sand. ... They never got around to killing him before the storm cast him ashore at .... The tide turned when King John died in October of 1216.
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No. 1240: Northwest Passage  A search for the Northwest Passage gives cause to learn geography. ... out hope, and in 1576, the English sailor Frobisher thought he'd found the passage. But ... But the article ends with a note in proof saying they now knew Franklin was dead. ... You should not attempt to follow anything written about the Arctic explorations...
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Jeopary Questions page 2295 - ISLANDS - TriviaBistro.com  HISTORICAL PEOPLE: This British poet swam the Hellespont on May 3, 1810, performing the feat in one hour, 10 minutes  BEFORE & AFTER: Webslinging...
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8 Incredible Swimming Feats | Britannica.com  This Encyclopedia Britannica list features 8 incredible feats of swimming. ... In this list, we explore eight amazing swimming achievements to keep in mind as you head off to the pool or beach. ... 6Gertrude Ederle crosses the English Channel in record time (1926) ... An immigration officer who demanded to see her passport.
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Bancroft School: Musings With Mr. White: It was not Death  Much like John Keats, who feared he would die from consumption before he had written all ... people died of this malady, especially in the 19th century, e.g., Chopin). ... He had fallen in love with Fanny Brawne, and this was sad to contemplate,...
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CTB - DamnYankee.com  He waded ashore, and, as I saw out the corner of my eye, leaned his rod against a ... The poet we know as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, wrote a brief poem in 1889 during ... choking up: I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.