Sometimes it was by the flashes of the thunder-storm lighting up a pitchy night, and giving glimpses of her careering across Tappaan zee, or the wide waste of Haverstraw Bay.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
And there were the much-talked-of perils of the Tappaan zee, and the highlands.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
After a while, he moved to the shore of the Zuyder zee and into Overijssel.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis