Antarctic Continent Sighted By Wilkes Expedition
In 1840 Charles Wilkes led America’s first naval exploring voyage and sighted the Antarctic coast line extending over 1500 miles. He claimed the existence of an Antarctic continent, contrasting earlier claims tied to Caxton’s printing era. The text also notes Thomas Moore’s duel interruption by police and the gar fish’s predatory behavior.
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Charles Wilkes
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Antarctic
South Polar
William Caxton
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Thomas Moore
Dear Nora bread line row in city recess
unreadable OCR fragment mentions a bread line and city scene with scattered letters and names. details unclear. Noon Nuwskut appears as a garbled name amid stray words including wage, Bowie, Sid, and a wine up of the recess.
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Nora
Puzzle and cryptic quote from old newspaper page
A fragment filled with puzzle clues and cryptogram notes showing Corner OSs, slang, ocean terms, and a Cryptoquote puzzle. It mentions the Pharos of Alexandria, a 265 B C completion, a 1375 A D destruction, and a December 1493 return. The page lists multiple clue numbers and partial phrases, ending with Yesterday's Cryptoquote word TRADITION and a King Features note.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Ptolemy Philadelphis
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