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  • Even the most absent-minded can't miss the tall-masted ships in the harbor.

    Paul LaRosa: South Street Seaport Museum Sinking Fast... Paul LaRosa 2011

  • Even the most absent-minded can't miss the tall-masted ships in the harbor.

    Paul LaRosa: South Street Seaport Museum Sinking Fast... Paul LaRosa 2011

  • My canal-side atelier is filled with the sights and sounds of tall-masted old sailboats and put-putting tugboats outside and that ochreous Dutch sunlight pouring in during the afternoon.

    Susan Fogwell: An American Sculptor in Holland Susan Fogwell 2011

  • My canal-side atelier is filled with the sights and sounds of tall-masted old sailboats and put-putting tugboats outside and that ochreous Dutch sunlight pouring in during the afternoon.

    Susan Fogwell: An American Sculptor in Holland Susan Fogwell 2011

  • He wanted to command one of the tall-masted clipper ships, and once he achieved his objective, 10 years later, he didn't just chart the ship's course and direct its crew.

    The Seafarer 2010

  • The vision of a tall-masted ship, at sail on the ocean, came to Deeti on an otherwise ordinary day, but she knew instantly that the apparition was a sign of destiny, for she had never seen such a vessel before, not even in a dream: how could she have, living as she did in northern Bihar, four hundred miles from the coast?

    Excerpt: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh 2008

  • In 1911 a bridge was required here that gave access to Port Clarence and yet still gave headroom for tall-masted ships.

    Suspending Belief Peter Ashley 2008

  • Taking the Sea by Dennis M. Powers will be enjoyed by anyone understanding the call of the deep, lured by maritime adventure, and tales of an almost forgotten era in history when Spanish galleons, steam schooners, and tall-masted sailing ships gave fortitude to commerce and industry.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Chapter One The vision of a tall-masted ship, at sail on the ocean, came to Deeti on an otherwise ordinary day, but she knew instantly that the apparition was a sign of destiny, for she had never seen such a vessel before, not even in a dream: how could she have, living as she did in northern Bihar, four hundred miles from the coast?

    'Sea of Poppies' 2008

  • A tall-masted former slave ship named the Ibis is crewed by an assortment of "Chinese and East Africans, Arabs and Malays, Bengalis and Goans, Tamils and Arakanese," led by the mysterious Serang Ali.

    Pirates, Opium and Servitude: Retracing India's Past 2008

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