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She was to have sailed from Trieste ( accompanied by a tender of forty-five tons ) under Imperial colours, and was equally fitted out for trade or discovery: men of eminence in every department of science were engaged on board ; all the maritime Courts of Europe were written to, in order to secure a good reception for these vessels, at their respective ports, and favourable answers were returned ; yet, after all, this expedition, so exceedingly promising in every point of view, was overcome by a set of interested men, then in power in Vienna.
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