The vessel appears to be the "Swift," a British Royal Navy wooden sailing ship that sank off Sable Island in Canada ...
A shipwreck dating to the War of 1812 has been identified on Sable Island, a narrow crescent of sand roughly 300 kilometers off the coast of Nova Scotia that has swallowed hundreds of vessels over the ...
“The War of 1812” is an easy handle for students who struggle with dates. But the name is a misnomer that makes the conflict sound like a mere wisp of a war that began and ended the same year. In ...
Series note also on added t.-p. No. 457 of 530 copies printed. Maps in pocket at end. siris_sil_343319 ...