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As daring navigators they are unsurpassed, sailing six or seven hundred miles in open canoes.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “As daring navigators they are unsurpassed, sailing six or seven hundred miles in open canoes.”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner highlights the remarkable navigational skills of certain indigenous peoples.
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