Word: contarini
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Perils by Sea. Friar Felix made two expeditions to the Holy Land, in 1480 and 1483. In both cases he crossed the Alps and took ship at Venice. On his first trip, the ship was a ratty old bireme captained by Agostino Contarini, one of the most notorious profiteers on the Jaffa...
Mussolini had to cancel the engagement owing to pressing affairs of state. Among others present: Senator Tomaso Tittoni, President of the Senate; Admiral Thaon de Reval, Minister of Marine; Signer Rocco, Minister of Justice; Senator Schanzer, ex-Foreign Minister; Senator Contarini, Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry; Signer de Stefani, Minister of Finance; Commendatore Pace, Director General of the Treasury and one of Italy's leading bankers; U. S. Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher...
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