Negropont
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Before sunrise the Greek ships were working their way in long procession through the Strait of Negropont.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
They determined in the interim to make a visit to their families, and accordingly departed for Negropont, and thence to Venice, where great changes had taken place in their domestic concerns, during their long absence.
From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving
Carlo Zeno, a noble, who had gained a high reputation in various capacities, was appointed commissioner and captain general of Negropont.
From The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
He had boarded and stormed the ship that attacked him, a long galley commanded by the Bey of Negropont.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
The grand-master reinforced this body with sixty knights under the bailiff of Negropont, a veteran in whose well-tried valor La Valette placed entire confidence.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
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