Sentence examples for embarkation point from inspiring English sources

The men were not told that it would be the embarkation point for their historic mission.

Tampa was the embarkation point (1898) for Cuba-bound troops, including those of Theodore Roosevelt, during the Spanish-American War.

And Lanzarote's newly created port of Puerto Calero is the embarkation point for fishing and scuba expeditions.

On 6 June 1944 – D-Day – Portsmouth was a key embarkation point for vessels destined for Normandy's beaches.

This is the embarkation point for our cruise down almost 200 miles of the world's tenth-longest river.

During the Middle Ages the city was a Byzantine stronghold and an important embarkation point for troops going to Palestine during the Crusades.

There are two main embarkation points for migrant-smuggling: Zuwara, near the Tunisian border, and Garabulli beach, 80 miles east of Tripoli.

In a sense the film's guiding aesthetic is still that of the travelogue, but instead of visiting various scenic locations, it makes brief stops at most of the symbolic locations of the western genre, from the embarkation points of the Erie Canal to the California mountains of the Gold Rush.

Still, Miami is also one of the biggest embarkation points for the domestic cruise industry, which is one of the city's key economic drivers.

During the Second World War, Dorset was heavily involved in the preparations for the invasion of Normandy and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points on D-Day.

By taking historical African embarkation points into account, we compared estimates of maternal contribution of each parental population with historical disembarkation records.