The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525, Volumen1G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884 - 380 páginas |
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... woman ( ex Dvytñ5 yuvainos ) , and placed them on a part of the island which we are about to describe . ' " 3 Incredible as this information concerning the resi- dence of a person possessing a divine nature on the earth and his ...
... woman ( ex Dvytñ5 yuvainos ) , and placed them on a part of the island which we are about to describe . ' " 3 Incredible as this information concerning the resi- dence of a person possessing a divine nature on the earth and his ...
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... woman , or from a mortal man [ falling in love ] with a goddess . " -Plato Cratylus , or Concerning the Correct Use of Words . A stadium is equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet , or to 606 feet 9 inches English measure . 5 Respecting ...
... woman , or from a mortal man [ falling in love ] with a goddess . " -Plato Cratylus , or Concerning the Correct Use of Words . A stadium is equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet , or to 606 feet 9 inches English measure . 5 Respecting ...
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... women that were descended from the ten kings , and many other large statues , both of kings and of private people , both from the metropolis and from the foreign countries over which the kings had dominion . There was also an altar , in ...
... women that were descended from the ten kings , and many other large statues , both of kings and of private people , both from the metropolis and from the foreign countries over which the kings had dominion . There was also an altar , in ...
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... women . There were others for horses and other draught cattle , each provided with the requisite means of cleanliness . The stream flowing from these they conducted to the grove of Poseidon , where there were all kinds of trees reaching ...
... women . There were others for horses and other draught cattle , each provided with the requisite means of cleanliness . The stream flowing from these they conducted to the grove of Poseidon , where there were all kinds of trees reaching ...
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... woman named Hekja . They were swifter than animals . These persons were in the ship with Karlsefne . When they had sailed past Furdustrandir they put these Scots ashore and ordered them to run to the south of the country and explore it ...
... woman named Hekja . They were swifter than animals . These persons were in the ship with Karlsefne . When they had sailed past Furdustrandir they put these Scots ashore and ordered them to run to the south of the country and explore it ...
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admiral afterward America Amerigo Vespucci anchor boats Cabo Caboto cacique called Canary canoes Cape Verd caravel Cathay coast Colombo command continent Cortes Cuba degrees Diaz Diego Velasquez discovered discovery distance east England Española explored farther Ferdinand Columbus fleet France Frisland gave Giovanni Giovanni Caboto Giovanni da Verrazzano gold Grand Khan Greenland harbor Historie del S. D. hundred leagues Iceland Indians Indies inhabitants island king land letter Lisbon longitude majesty Mexico miles monarch Montezuma natives navigator north latitude Northmen ocean Pillars of Hercules port Portugal Portuguese region respecting river S. D. Fernando Colombo Santa says Sebastiano Caboto sent set sail ships shore Skraelings Spain Spaniards Spanish spices steered stones strait temple Terra things tion took trees Verrazzano Vespucci vessels Vide Vinland voyage western westward wind women
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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...