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Meanings of see the mainland in English

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Usage of see the mainland in English
1
Behind Manhattan island, he would see the mainland across the Hudson River.
New york: the novel
2
Occasionally he turned his head in an effort to see the mainland toward which he was urging the boat.
Jess of the Rebel Trail
3
It's a beastly place,-rocksand sea,-worsethan this, and half the time you can't see the mainland, only a mile away.
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other Stories
4
But you will have seen the mainland, tasted town life.
Caleb's crossing
5
And that is about the spot where, for the first time, Columbus saw the mainland of North America.
The True Story of Christopher Columbus, Called the Great Admiral
6
The reader has seen that he first saw the mainland of South America in the beginning of August, 1498.
The Life of Columbus / From His Own Letters and Journals and Oth...
7
On the third (1498) he saw the mainland of South America at the mouth of the Orinoco River.
A Brief History of the United States
8
For a long time I paddled around the shore, though well out, before I saw the mainland in the distance.
At the Earth's Core
9
"I haven't seen the mainland since I was a little girl."
Cry to heaven
10
Esther had been based on Azura since the Pendulum Wars: her children had been born here and had never seen the mainland.
The Slab
11
But then they made an island in the sea, and south of that saw the mainland, and a great frith striking up into it.
Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
12
He sailed around Cuba and Jamaica and other islands, but as yet had not seen the mainland or found mines of gold or silver.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
13
Whether he saw an island or whether he saw the mainland, was a mere matter of what has been called landfall by the seamen.
The Life of Columbus / From His Own Letters and Journals and Oth...
14
"Have you noticed how clearly, on days like this, one can see the mainland, though it is ninety miles away?"
Where the Sun Swings North
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