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2. National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaufort ...

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   This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]

3. List of plantations in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The Sloop Point plantation in Pender County, built in 1729, is the oldest surviving plantation house and the second oldest house surviving in North Carolina, after the Lane House (built in 1718–1719 and not part of a plantation).

4. Petersen Rock Garden - Wikipedia

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   [1] [15] The cleanup process included the removal of dead vegetation and junk from outbuildings, and an estate sale that included items from before Petersen's death. [15] On May 25, 2013, Petersen Rock Garden hosted its "grand reopening". [19] The opening was attended by members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, who sang and blessed ...

5. Square-rigged caravel - Wikipedia

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   Square-rigged caravel or caravela de armada, of João Serrão (Livro das Armadas) in the 4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502). The square-rigged caravel (Portuguese: caravela redonda), was a sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the second half of the fifteenth century.

6. Sail - Wikipedia

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   A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may be made from a combination of woven materials—including canvas or polyester cloth, laminated membranes or ...

7. List of sail codes - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of sail codes for sailing yachts and the old codes, used until 1992 by the International Sailing Federation. Sail country codes must comply with World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing. The Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix G1.2 specifies that national letters shall be clearly legible and of the same color. [1]

8. Land sailing - Wikipedia

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   Carriage with sail in China, 1599. The earliest text describing the Chinese use of mounting masts and sails on large vehicles is the Book of the Golden Hall Master written by the Daoist scholar and crown prince Xiao Yi, who later became Emperor Yuan of Liang (r. 552–554 AD).

9. Studding sail - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of a topmast studding sail. A studding sail is an extra sail hoisted alongside a square-rigged sail. [5] It is named from the mast that it is set alongside: top-gallant studding sail, topmast studding sail and lower studding sail. [6]: 234 These sails provide extra speed in fine weather. [7]