Ortegal
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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To give you some idea of the place where we are, Cape Finisterre and Cape Ortegal are two long arms of land stretched out into the sea, which embrace a large body of water.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
Still the Josephine sped on her way, and in a few hours was up with Cape Ortegal.
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Oliver Optic
His last accounts were, that they were off Cape Ortegal, endeavoring to get round Cape Finisterre to Cadiz.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
It is Cape Ortegal, if it is anything, on the northwest corner of Spain.
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Oliver Optic
She then changed her station, to elude the numerous vessels that had been sent after her, and sailed southward, off Cape Ortegal, Cape Finisterre, and finally among the Barbadoes, reaching New York, Oct. 29th.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
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