La Tortue
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On July 20th they made about twenty leagues between Bedabedec Point and the Kennebec River, at the mouth of which is an island which they named La Tortue.
From The Makers of Canada: Champlain by N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope) Dionne
But that island is always spoken of in Hayti as La Tortue.
From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison
He'll hold La Tortue for France, don't you think otherwise.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
Champlain, with the same aptness and originality recognized in Mount Desert and Isle au Haut, names it La Tortue.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
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