The British Trade Dollars, minted exclusively for use in the Far East, depict Britannia standing on shore, holding a trident in one hand and balancing a British shield in the other, with a merchant ship under full sail in the background.
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In a futile attempt to recreate cinematic movement, the set is precariously placed on the Barbican's great turntable, which, because of the many changes of scene, moves at speed, seemingly nonstop and creaking like a schooner under full sail.
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Poorly supported by the English, he had great difficulties against a much stronger French opponent; he saved his squadron by tricking the French, by suddenly anchoring while under full sail, causing the enemy fleet to be carried away with the tidal stream.
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It was a short Gunner, wearing iron frame spectacles, a steel helmet that obscured the top of his head, and baggy shorts that looked like a Tea Clipper under full sail . . . . It was my first sight of Gunner Secombe : what a pity!
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Egmont planned to gradually release the English translations in the UK . Two of them ( # 4, Under Full Sail and # 12, Fasten Your seat Belts ), translated by David Radzinowicz, were released in 2009 . As of late 2011, no more had been released.
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Loading a cargo of tea at Hong Kong, Waterman took the " Sea Witch " out of harbor on January 9, 1849 . Spending much of the voyage under full sail, he started the " Sea Witch " s return voyage via the Sunda Strait, often covering over per day and once reaching.
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She could ride a horse bareback, fix the distributor on her blue roadster, navigate a ketch under full sail, sketch a suspect's face accurately enough to aid police, win first prize for her larkspurs at the charity flower show, tap dance in Morse code and take time out to lasso her hapless boyfriend, Ned, and rescue him from quicksand.
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As he guides a reader around Sydney past and present, Moorhouse keeps circling back to the water's edge, even as he moves on to topics like industrial relations ( Sydney's combative dockworkers are the shock troops of the Australian trade-union movement ), urban sprawl ( the city has grown around its harbor, not away from it ), or cultural life ( the landmark Sydney Opera House, which from some angles looks like a schooner under full sail, dominates the downtown waterfront ).
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"Azure, three ships with three masts, rigged and under full sail, the sails, pennants and ensigns Argent, each charged with a cross Gules; on a chief of the second a pale quarterly Azure and Gules, on the 1st and 4th a fleur-de-lis or, on the 2nd and 3rd a leopard or, between two roses Gules seeded Or barbed Vert . " The shield had as a supporters were two sea lions ( lions with fishes'tails ) and the motto was " DEO DUCENTE NIL NOCET " ( Latin : Where God Leads, Nothing Hurts ).
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Pigafetta's account of the stop at approximately 146 E, 12 N, ( the Mariana Islands, named the " Ladrones " by Magellan's men ), describes the proa's outrigger layout, and ability to switch bow for stern, and also notes the proa's speed and maneuverability, noting, " And although the ships were under full sail, they passed between them and the small boats ( fastened astern ), very adroitly in those small boats of theirs . " Pigafetta likened the proa to the Venetian " fisolere ", a narrow variety of gondola; this was an apt comparison due to both the long, thin shape and asymmetric nature of single-oar gondolas.
