roadstead

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Plan of the Town and Roadstead of Cartegena and of the Forts, From Baron de Pontis' Relation de ce qui c'est fait la prise de Carthagene, Bruxelles, 1698.

From The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Haring, Clarence Henry

G. Roadstead where vessels anchor while waiting for the tide.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

The Little Roadstead, being thenceforward protected, will become an excellent port of refuge in bad weather.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

Project for a Roadstead at Havre.—With map and views of different breakwaters.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

Then a solemn silence fell upon the Roadstead.

From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph