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The Discovery of Alaska - Part 3: First Sightings
Fog lifted in pieces and the horizon revealed itself as a stitched, rugged edge. Out of the white the outline of shore could be made: a cliff, a stand of trees, the ripple of surf on a new coastline. One of the two ships — the vessel under the command of the deputy captain who had been entrusted with parallel orders — was the first to mark the presence of continental land. The crew's binoculars and the keen eyes of watchmen documented a shore that had been unknown to their charts.
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