The American army proved unable to hold up against the British. The battle ended in disaster for the Americans. Washington led his troops and tried to defend Manhattan and Long Island against British troops led by General Howe. The British blunted the American drive and retreated to New York.
The vaquero and his cattle had a long drive.
An astrolabe is an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant. In its basic form (known from classical times), it consists of a disk with the edge marked in degrees and a pivoted pointer.