Historical Tales: The Romance of RealityJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1904 - 346 páginas |
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... PIZARRO AND THE INCA'S GOLDEN RANSOM PAGE 7 17 23 33 · • 44 • . .58 71 86 • 97 GONZALO PIZARRO AND THE LAND OF CINNAMON CORONADO AND THE SEVEN . CITIES OF CIBOLA THE FAITHFUL MIRANDA AND THE LOVERS OF ARGEN- TINA LANTARO , THE BOY HERO ...
... PIZARRO AND THE INCA'S GOLDEN RANSOM PAGE 7 17 23 33 · • 44 • . .58 71 86 • 97 GONZALO PIZARRO AND THE LAND OF CINNAMON CORONADO AND THE SEVEN . CITIES OF CIBOLA THE FAITHFUL MIRANDA AND THE LOVERS OF ARGEN- TINA LANTARO , THE BOY HERO ...
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... those shown by Cortez , Pizarro , or any other of the Spanish caballeros of that age of conquest , and one whose ingenuity equalled its daring . It is this striking adventure which it is ALONSO DE OJEDA AND THE CARIB CACIQUE . 19.
... those shown by Cortez , Pizarro , or any other of the Spanish caballeros of that age of conquest , and one whose ingenuity equalled its daring . It is this striking adventure which it is ALONSO DE OJEDA AND THE CARIB CACIQUE . 19.
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... Pizarro , the future conqueror of Peru . Reaching the shore , they found on it two stranded canoes , into which stepped two of the men , Blaze de Atienza and Alousa Martine , calling on their comrades to witness that they were the first ...
... Pizarro , the future conqueror of Peru . Reaching the shore , they found on it two stranded canoes , into which stepped two of the men , Blaze de Atienza and Alousa Martine , calling on their comrades to witness that they were the first ...
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... Pizarro , one of the ablest and bravest of the men who took part in this pioneer expe- dition . It was the 18th of January , 1514 , when the ad- venturers reached their starting - point at Santa Maria , when the people heard of his ...
... Pizarro , one of the ablest and bravest of the men who took part in this pioneer expe- dition . It was the 18th of January , 1514 , when the ad- venturers reached their starting - point at Santa Maria , when the people heard of his ...
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... tell than that of their escape from the Aztec capi- tal , nor a more striking one than that of their sub- sequent return and conquest . PIZARRO AND THE INCA'S GOLDEN RANSOM . THE great expedition 70 HISTORICAL TALES .
... tell than that of their escape from the Aztec capi- tal , nor a more striking one than that of their sub- sequent return and conquest . PIZARRO AND THE INCA'S GOLDEN RANSOM . THE great expedition 70 HISTORICAL TALES .
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Página 39 - Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific—and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise— Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Página 148 - ... we beheld that wonderful breach of waters, which ran down Caroli: and might from that mountain see the river how it ran in three parts, above twenty miles off, and there appeared some ten or twelve overfalls in sight, every one as high over the other as a Church tower, which fell with that fury, that the rebound of waters made it seem, as if it had been all covered over with a great shower of rain: and in some places we took it at the first for a smoke that had risen over some great town.
Página 77 - The friar, greatly scandalized by the indignity offered to the sacred volume, stayed only to pick it up, and, hastening to Pizarro, informed him of what had been done, exclaiming at the same time, " Do you not see, that, while we stand here wasting our breath in talking with this dog, full of pride as he is, the fields are filling with Indians? Set on at once ! I absolve you.
Página 77 - Tell your comrades that they shall give me an account of their doings in my land. I will not go from here till they have made me full satisfaction for all the wrongs they have committed.
Página 105 - He said also that the lord of that country took his afternoon nap under a great tree on which were hung a great number of little gold bells, which put him to sleep as they swung in the air. He said also that everyone had their ordinary dishes made of wrought plate, and the jugs and bowls were of gold.
Página 104 - Their food had given out and they were half starved, but in the store-rooms they found '' that of which there was greater need than of gold or silver, which was much corn and beans and chickens, better than those of New Spain, and salt, the best and whitest I have seen in all my life.
Página 14 - ... beauty, that it surpasses all others in charms and graces, as the day doth the night in lustre. For which reason I often say to my people, that, much as I endeavor to give a complete account of it to your majesties, my tongue cannot express the whole truth, nor my pen describe it ; and I have been so overwhelmed at the sight of so much beauty, that I have not known how to relate it.
Página 145 - ... 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 197 - And to bring in the title of first discovery, to me it seems as little reason that the sailing of a Spanish ship upon the coast of India should entitle the King of Spain to that country, as the sailing of an Indian or English ship upon the coast of Spain should entitle either the Indians or English unto the dominion thereof.
Página 73 - Tell your captain that I am keeping a fast, which will end to-morrow morning. I will then visit him, with my chieftains. In the meantime, let him occupy the public buildings on the square, and no other, till I come, when I will order what shall be done.