Chronological History of the West Indies, Volumen1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827 |
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... finding a third vessel to complete the number stipulated by Columbus , and the arrangements for the whole , were left to himself , for which purpose the sum of 17,000 florins was advanced , and paid into his hands by Santangel ; and as ...
... finding a third vessel to complete the number stipulated by Columbus , and the arrangements for the whole , were left to himself , for which purpose the sum of 17,000 florins was advanced , and paid into his hands by Santangel ; and as ...
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... finding the sea still open ; and he thought that he might this way have passed through into the South Seas , but his crew mutinied ; which forced him to return into the latitude of 56 ° , and from thence he ran down to 38 ° , along the ...
... finding the sea still open ; and he thought that he might this way have passed through into the South Seas , but his crew mutinied ; which forced him to return into the latitude of 56 ° , and from thence he ran down to 38 ° , along the ...
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... finding anchorage , he ran five leagues to the westward , and then came - to , in good ground . On the 1st of August he sailed farther west , in search of fresh water ; and near a cape , which he called " Playa , " the crew filled some ...
... finding anchorage , he ran five leagues to the westward , and then came - to , in good ground . On the 1st of August he sailed farther west , in search of fresh water ; and near a cape , which he called " Playa , " the crew filled some ...
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... finding a better channel to the north , Columbus stood to the westward . The farther they went , the less salt they found the water ; he anchored off some cultivated lands , and sent a party on shore : they saw innumerable monkeys , but ...
... finding a better channel to the north , Columbus stood to the westward . The farther they went , the less salt they found the water ; he anchored off some cultivated lands , and sent a party on shore : they saw innumerable monkeys , but ...
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... finding his messengers dead on the road , he was determined to punish Mayobanex most severely he therefore , with his whole army , marched to Cabron to his chief palace , where he yet lay incamped . At his approach , all the caziques ...
... finding his messengers dead on the road , he was determined to punish Mayobanex most severely he therefore , with his whole army , marched to Cabron to his chief palace , where he yet lay incamped . At his approach , all the caziques ...
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Página 199 - Guiana, puts me in mind of a facetious tale I read lately in Italian (for I have a little of that language already) how Alphonso King of Naples sent a Moor, who had been his captive a long time, to Barbary, with a considerable sum of money to buy horses, and return by such a time.
Página 199 - The Application is easy and obvious: But the World wonders extremely, that so great a wise Man as Sir Walter Raleigh would return to cast himself upon so inevitable a Rock, as I fear he will ; and much more, that such choice Men, and so great a power of Ships, should all come home and do nothing.
Página 199 - Arraignment, by virtue of the old Sentence that lies still dormant against him, which he could never get off by Pardon, notwithstanding that he mainly laboured in it before he went: but his Majesty could never be brought to it, for he said he would keep this as a Curb to hold him within the bounds of his Commission, and the good behaviour.
Página 181 - ... for I know all the earth doth not yield the like confluence of streams and branches, the one crossing the other so many times, and all so fair and large, and so like one to another, as no man can tell which to take...
Página 48 - They judge me over there as they would a governor who had gone to Sicily, or to a city or town placed under regular government, and where the laws can be observed in their entirety without fear of ruining everything ; and I am greatly injured thereby " I ought to be judged as a captain who went from Spain to the Indies to conquer a numerous and warlike people, whose customs and religion are very contrary to ours ; who live in rocks and mountains...
Página 199 - ... water itself being on fire ; although it was very clear and pure, and not spread with any oily or bituminous matter. When the water had risen to a certain height, the flame became feeble, then gradually declined, and presently was extinct. The water was now seen to boil and bubble as before, and soon overflowing the pit, resumed its course down the narrow channel of the gully, and all was restored to the state in which we had found it. " You will, before this, have discovered that the water was...
Página 199 - Physick, to make him look sickly, that he may be the more pitied, and permitted to lie in his own House. Count Gondamar the Spanish Ambassador speaks high...
Página 199 - Majesty had never any other conceit of it : But what will not one in Captivity (as Sir Walter was) promise, to regain his Freedom ? who would not promise, not only Mines, but Mountains of Gold, for Liberty...
Página 171 - Also a child by slicking one of those womens breasts, had at that instant his mouth set on such a burning, that it was strange to see how the infant was tormented for the time : but after 24 houres, it ware away of it selfe.
Página 18 - Your Highnesses to remember them. And though I comforted myself with the faith that our Lord would not permit that, which tended so much to the glory of his Church, and which...