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Paris Embassadors Gondola Pageantry at Venice Description
Paris reports a lavish Venetian envoy ceremony with grand gondolas carved and gilt. The first gondola features France on trophies and Victory, with Neptune and Mars allegories, while the second shows Peace and plenty with a terrestrial globe. Embassador’s pages and livery barges accompany the flotilla. several ships and arrivals noted from Antigua, Lisbon, Jamaica, and Atlantic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
de Froulay
Republick
France
Mars
Mercury
Minerva
Juno
Neptune
de Luces
Phaetor
Eigit Gontoliers
Pennsylvania
Harlin
Philadelphia
St. Catharine
Roberts
Canaries
Fanny
Oliver
Antigua
Dover
Blessing
Hubert
Blake
Lisbon
Luna
Gough
Carolina
Portsmouth
Scott
Gibraltar
Gravesend
Homes
Bee
Burford
Houghton
Hancock
St. Cecilia
Stewart
Eliza
Legros
Jersey
Unity
Masters
Gallipoli
Fubbs
Dieppe
Albany
White
New’ England
Recovery
Louther
Jamaica
Vigilance
Avis
St. Kitt’s