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The next year the "Nonsuch" returned with a considerable quantity of beaver, which in the words of the report "made some recompense for their cold confinement".
Three Hundred Years 1971
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A few years later, however, Prince Rupert and some other prominent members of the court and the city bought the third-hand forty-three-ton ketch, the "Nonsuch", and borrowed the fifty-four-ton "Eaglet" ketch from the King.
Three Hundred Years 1971
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Smith's last official act was the establishment of a colony at Powhatan, renamed "Nonsuch," opposite where the city of Richmond was laid out over
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I'm sure that whilst i was walking through Camden last night with a vinyl copy of 'Nonsuch' I just purchased under my arm that Mr Colin Moulding walked past.
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The Cruise of the "Nonsuch" Buccaneer -- by Harry Collingwood
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886
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Captain Gillam and the ketch "Nonsuch," with Des Groseilliers, proceeded on their voyage, "passed thro Hudson's Streights, and then into Baffin's Bay to 75 deg.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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[The "Nonsuch" was a fourth-rate of thirty-two guns, built at
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1660 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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[The "Nonsuch" was a fourth-rate of thirty-two guns, built at
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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[The "Nonsuch" was a fourth-rate of thirty-two guns, built at
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 05: May 1660 Samuel Pepys 1668
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[The "Nonsuch" was a fourth-rate of thirty-two guns, built at Deptford in 1646 by Peter Pett, jun.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May 1660 Pepys, Samuel 1660
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