The Modern Part of an Universal History: From the Earliest Account of Time, Volumen24S. Richardson, ... [et. al.], 1759 |
Términos y frases comunes
affiftance againſt alfo almoſt alſo Batavia becauſe befides beſt Cape Cape Horn Captain Centurion circumftances coaft coaſt commerce commodore Compagnie des Indes confequence confiderable courfe courſe crew Dampier defign defirous difcoveries diſcovered Dutch Eaft East India company eſtabliſhment fafe faid fail fame feamen fecurity feemed fent fervice fettled fettlement feven feveral fhall fhew fhips fhore fhould fide filk fince firft firſt fituation fleet fmall fome foon fouth fquadron French ftreights fubjects fuccefs fuch fufficient fupply fupport greateſt Hiftoire des Indes himſelf Indes Orientales Indies intereft iſland king laft land leagues leaſt lefs likewife Majefty meaſure moft moſt muſt natives neceffary notwithſtanding obferved occafion Oftend paffage paffed Paita perfons poffeffion poffible Pondicherry port Portugueſe prefent provifions purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved refpect ſhall ſhip ſmall South Seas Spain Spaniards ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion trade Tranquebar uſe veffels voyage weft
Pasajes populares
Página 424 - Esperanca ; in which voyage, I have either discovered or brought certain intelligence of all the rich places of the world, which were ever discovered by any Christian.
Página 164 - ... their governor and put him into a dungeon, where he died of 'hunger and grief.
Página 160 - The tops of thefe mountains arc in winter covered with fnow ; which, melting in the fummer, fuqiiihes abundance of rivers and rivulets, with which the country is plentifully watered : fo that the foil, though not very deep, is wonderfully fruitful, producing Turkey corn and rice twice a-year, and the latter in great abundance. Moft forts of cattle are found here, good in their kind, and are very cheap ; wild goats and wild hogs are found in the woods and * on the tops of the mountains...
Página 165 - On the fummit there is a fpacious plain, a great part of which is divided into plantations of rice, tobacco, corn, fugar, and fruits. The quarter of St Dennis lits feven leagues from that of St Paul, towards the eaft, and there the governor refides.
Página 162 - ... given to the French at Madagafcar by the natives, who furprifed and cut them off in one night, there efcaped as many men, as with their wives, who were natives, filled two canoes ; and thefe being driven by the wind on the ifle of Bourbon, were the next fet of people who inhabited it. This laft colony, for want of an opportunity to remove, were conftrained to cultivate this new country of theirs, and to remain in it. It was not long before a further ftock of inhabitants arrived.
Página 520 - Gloucester's man, and got before him to the commodore, who, on hearing this happy and unexpected news, threw down his axe with which he was then at work, and by his joy broke through, for the first time, the equable and unvaried character which he had hitherto preserved...
Página 496 - Baldivia; and if, in four** teen days, they were not joined by the reft of ** the fquadron, they were then to proceed to " the ifland of Juan Fernandes, and regulate " their further proceedings by their former or...
Página 335 - Leagues in a Range, and there came thence great Flocks of Fowls. I, and many more of our Men would have made this Land, and have gone ashore at it; but the Captain would not permit us.
Página 425 - Portuguese used to relieve themselves, and from that island God hath suffered me to return to England. All which services, with myself, I humbly prostrate at her majesty's feet, desiring the Almighty long to continue her reign among us ; for at this day she is the most famous and virtuous princess that liveth in the world.
Página 424 - Her Majesty service in the performance of this voyage, and as it hath pleased God to give her the victory over part of her enemies, so I trust ere long to see her overthrow them all.