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He was eventually hauled to safety clinging to a long pole.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
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Amongst the skiff’s castaways was Middleton himself. Washed ashore, he managed to evade Ceram’s supposed cannibals as he made his way back to base. He must have been almost there when, attempting to swim an alligator-infested river, he was swept out to sea and battered on the rocks
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company

The storm of 1906 had concentrated its fury on the Upper Keys, where most of the work ongoing at the time had been centered. The hurricane of 1909 had blasted the Middle Keys, where work had similarly progressed by that time. In 1910, as if guided by an especially malevolent hand, the storm turned its greatest intensity upon the Lower Keys, where
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Then, taking a spring, he threw himself upon us. The pinnace could not avoid the shock, and half upset, shipped at least two tons of water, which had to be emptied; but, thanks to the coxswain, we caught it sideways, not full front, so we were not quite overturned.
Jules Verne • Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Even today, experts presume that it would take a minimum of twenty-four hours to evacuate the Keys, and that is with a major highway running from Miami to Key West, two access bridges linking Key Largo to the mainland, and a carefully networked system of civil defense and sophisticated early-warning systems in place, none of which existed on that
... See moreLes Standiford • Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Americans in throwing off the English yoke have been considerably exaggerated. Separated from their enemies by three thousand miles of ocean, and backed by a powerful ally, the success of the United States may be more justly attributed to their geographical position than to the valor of their armies or the patriotism of their