The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525, Volumen1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884 - 380 páginas |
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... shore . They are thus carried down the stream : There is a hurdle made of tamarisk , wattled with a band of reeds , and a stone bored through the middle , of about two talents in weight ; of these two , the hurdle is fastened to a cable ...
... shore . They are thus carried down the stream : There is a hurdle made of tamarisk , wattled with a band of reeds , and a stone bored through the middle , of about two talents in weight ; of these two , the hurdle is fastened to a cable ...
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... shores of the continents of the two hemispheres , was not only unexplored but was deemed impassable . Superstition filled its misty distances with frightful chimeras and geographical absurdities . About the beginning of the Middle Ages ...
... shores of the continents of the two hemispheres , was not only unexplored but was deemed impassable . Superstition filled its misty distances with frightful chimeras and geographical absurdities . About the beginning of the Middle Ages ...
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... shore of Scandinavia . Frequent experiences of this kind in time emboldened the Norwegian seamen to undertake ... shores of remote islands . It is said that Naddoddr , a Norwegian pirate , was drifted in his ship by an adverse wind , in ...
... shore of Scandinavia . Frequent experiences of this kind in time emboldened the Norwegian seamen to undertake ... shores of remote islands . It is said that Naddoddr , a Norwegian pirate , was drifted in his ship by an adverse wind , in ...
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... shores and explored a great extent of its Atlantic coast . It is said in the saga of Eric the Red and of the Greenlanders , ' that when Herjulf sailed , in the spring of 985 , from Iceland to Greenland , his son Bjarni was in Norway ...
... shores and explored a great extent of its Atlantic coast . It is said in the saga of Eric the Red and of the Greenlanders , ' that when Herjulf sailed , in the spring of 985 , from Iceland to Greenland , his son Bjarni was in Norway ...
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... shore . Then they sailed two days before they saw another land [ or region ] . They then approached it , and saw that it was level and covered with trees . Then , the favorable wind having ceased blowing , the sailors said that it ...
... shore . Then they sailed two days before they saw another land [ or region ] . They then approached it , and saw that it was level and covered with trees . Then , the favorable wind having ceased blowing , the sailors said that it ...
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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...