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Definition of Cape flattery
1. Noun. A cape of northwestern Washington.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cape Flattery
Literary usage of Cape flattery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Oregon Territory and British North-America Fur Trade: With an by John Dunn (1844)
"Extension of the British to the north of the mouth of the Columbia—Contrast
between the British and American mode of trading—cape flattery—Native tribes— ..."
2. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald During the Years 1845-51, Under the by Berthold Seemann (1853)
"cape flattery rocks—Tatooche Island—Indians—Entrance into the Straits of Juan de
... cape flattery rocks are three in number, the northernmost of which is a ..."
3. Life and Labour in the Far, Far West: Being Notes of a Tour in the Western by William Henry Barneby (1884)
"... View of the Olympians—Vancouver's Island—The Straits of San Juan—cape flattery— "
Theso Sleepy English"—Waiting for a Tug—At Victoria—Neglected Streets— ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"On the southern side of the inlet the great mass of the Olympic Mountains breaks
down into the bold terminus of i cape flattery, with its breakwaters ..."
5. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Ib. ' Country about cape flattery, and the coast for some distance to the southward,
and eastward to the boundary of the Halam or ..."