The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525, Volumen1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884 - 380 páginas |
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... given to the natives of the New Land . The peasants of New France . The Hudson explored in the sixteenth century . The French name for the Palisades . The country of the Grand Scarp . Manants Island . A small fort built by the French on ...
... given to the natives of the New Land . The peasants of New France . The Hudson explored in the sixteenth century . The French name for the Palisades . The country of the Grand Scarp . Manants Island . A small fort built by the French on ...
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... given them by Abraham , under a ' Tyrrhenia or Umbria , in Italy , now Tuscany . Plato Timæus , or Concerning Nature . ' Plato : Critias , or the Atlantic . tree , in the plain of Mamre . ' Herodotus DISCOVERIES OF AMERICA . 5.
... given them by Abraham , under a ' Tyrrhenia or Umbria , in Italy , now Tuscany . Plato Timæus , or Concerning Nature . ' Plato : Critias , or the Atlantic . tree , in the plain of Mamre . ' Herodotus DISCOVERIES OF AMERICA . 5.
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... given to the barbarians ; the cause of this you shall now hear . Solon , intending to make use of this narrative in his poetry , made an investigation Leucippe . They had an only daughter named Cleito . 6 DISCOVERIES OF AMERICA .
... given to the barbarians ; the cause of this you shall now hear . Solon , intending to make use of this narrative in his poetry , made an investigation Leucippe . They had an only daughter named Cleito . 6 DISCOVERIES OF AMERICA .
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... given the name of Azaës , and to the last , Diaprepes . " For many generations these and their descendants were the rulers and the inhabitants of the islands in the ocean , and , as it has been said , they extended their authority over ...
... given the name of Azaës , and to the last , Diaprepes . " For many generations these and their descendants were the rulers and the inhabitants of the islands in the ocean , and , as it has been said , they extended their authority over ...
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... given them within the citadel , near the residences of the kings . The docks were filled with triremes and the equipments for triremes ; and the triremes were all adequately provided with them . These were the arrangements for the ...
... given them within the citadel , near the residences of the kings . The docks were filled with triremes and the equipments for triremes ; and the triremes were all adequately provided with them . These were the arrangements for the ...
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Página 6 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Página 58 - Mountain and its Tomb of Adam; of India The Great, not as a dreamland of Alexandrian fables, but as a country seen and partially explored, with its virtuous...
Página 321 - ... great pains ; their eyes are black and sharp, their expression mild and pleasant, greatly resembling the antique. I say nothing to your Majesty of the other parts of the body, which ^are all in good proportion and such as belong to wellformed...
Página 307 - Ethiopians; their hair is black and thick, and not very long, it is worn tied back upon the head in the form of a little tail. In person they are of good proportions, of middle stature, a little above our own, broad across the breast, strong in the arms, and well formed in the legs and other parts of the body; the only exception to their good looks is that they have broad faces, but not all, however, as we saw many that had sharp ones, with large black eyes and a fixed expression.
Página 310 - When these people saw him in this situation, they ran and took him up by the head, legs and arms, and carried him to a distance from the surf; the young man, finding himself borne off in this way, uttered very loud shrieks in fear and dismay, while they answered as they could in their language, showing him that he had no cause for fear.
Página 72 - Wherefore we may judge that those persons who connect the region in the neighborhood of the pillars of Hercules with that towards India, and who assert that in this way the sea is ONE, do not assert things very improbable.
Página 209 - ... year was discovered in the North, but which the Caravel could not reach on account of the ice and the vast quantity of snow ; and they are confirmed in this belief by the multitude of great rivers they found which certainly could not proceed from an island.
Página 89 - ... the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss what to say of those who, when they have once gone wrong, steadily persevere in their folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another.
Página 62 - No master mariner dares to use it, lest he should fall under the supposition of being a magician ; nor would even the sailors venture themselves out to sea under his command, if he took with him an instrument which carries so great an appearance of being constructed under the influence of some infernal spirit.
Página 332 - ... leagues, due allowance being made for the deviations of the ship from a straight course, by reason of contrary winds. I hope that we shall now obtain certain information on these points, by new voyages to be made on the same coasts. But to return to ourselves ; in the voyage...