Maritime Discovery: A History of Nautical Exploration from the Earliest Times, Volumen1Newman and Company, 1881 |
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... lost save honour . According to Pliny , the invention of the ram , or beak , was due to one Piseus , a Tuscan pirate chief , though the Greek poets , subsequent to Homer , speak of the war- vessels as armed , in Trojan times , with ...
... lost save honour . According to Pliny , the invention of the ram , or beak , was due to one Piseus , a Tuscan pirate chief , though the Greek poets , subsequent to Homer , speak of the war- vessels as armed , in Trojan times , with ...
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... lost sight of land , it was with the view of directing their course to some headland , which they knew lay in a certain direction . In the progress of ages , as the knowledge of astronomy advanced , and various observations of the ...
... lost sight of land , it was with the view of directing their course to some headland , which they knew lay in a certain direction . In the progress of ages , as the knowledge of astronomy advanced , and various observations of the ...
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... lost his original name , and received the appellation of Mononantes , or the lone sailor . The following are among the chief voyages of ancient history with which we are acquainted , beginning with the THE VOYAGE OF JASON . 73 famous ...
... lost his original name , and received the appellation of Mononantes , or the lone sailor . The following are among the chief voyages of ancient history with which we are acquainted , beginning with the THE VOYAGE OF JASON . 73 famous ...
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... the strength of the gale were passed . It is difficult to estimate the time lost in consequence of these delays , outward and homeward ; but as a monsoon would THE VOYAGE TO OPHIR . 75 be encountered during each 74 MARITIME DISCOVERY .
... the strength of the gale were passed . It is difficult to estimate the time lost in consequence of these delays , outward and homeward ; but as a monsoon would THE VOYAGE TO OPHIR . 75 be encountered during each 74 MARITIME DISCOVERY .
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... lost his passage , and was thrown upon the coast of Ethiopia . In the course of the voyage he discovered a portion of the prow of a vessel , which had been broken off by a storm . The figure of a horse * made it an object of inquiry ...
... lost his passage , and was thrown upon the coast of Ethiopia . In the course of the voyage he discovered a portion of the prow of a vessel , which had been broken off by a storm . The figure of a horse * made it an object of inquiry ...
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Africa Albuquerque anchor ancient Arabian Arabs Arrian arrived Bab-el-Mandeb boat called canoe Cape Captain captured cargo carried cataphract century China Chinese coast colony Columbus command commerce conquest Cortez crew deck despatched discovered discovery Dutch East India Company Egypt Emperor England English expedition explored feet fleet French galleass galleys Gama Gog and Magog Governor Greeks Hakluyt Hispaniola Indies island John Juan King known land later leagues length Magellan Malacca Marco Polo mariners maritime mast merchants miles Moluccas Næarchus natives nautical naval navigation oars Ocean Ormuz Persian Gulf Phoenicians planks port Portugal Portuguese prince proceeded Ptolemy Raleigh Red Sea returned river Roman sailed Saracens says seamen Sebastian Cabot sent settlement ships shores side South Seas Spain Spaniards Spanish stern Strabo Strait of Magellan Straits Sumatra thence tons town trade trireme Venetians Venice vessels Viceroy visited voyage West whence
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Página 338 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Página 145 - Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers: And such she was; — her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Pour'd in her lap all gems in sparkling showers.
Página 180 - The phenomena of national growth and decay, both of those which can and those which cannot be explained, have been peculiarly in evidence during the four centuries that have- gone by since the discovery of America and the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. These have been the four centuries of by far the most intense and constantly accelerating rapidity of movement and development that the world has yet seen. The movement has covered all the fields of human activity. It has witnessed an altogether...
Página 148 - In this perplexity, the genius of Mahomet conceived and executed a plan of a bold and marvellous cast, of transporting by land his lighter vessels and military stores from the Bosphorus into the higher part of the harbour.
Página 193 - With such mad seas the daring Gama fought, For many a day, and many a dreadful night, Incessant, labouring round the stormy Cape ; By bold ambition led, and bolder thirst Of gold.
Página 189 - The people of the island report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In form it is said to resemble the eagle, but it is incomparably greater in size; being so large and strong as to seize an elephant with its talons, and to lift it into the air, from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that when dead it may prey upon the carcase.
Página 149 - A level way was covered with a broad platform of strong and solid planks ; and, to render them more slippery and smooth, they were anointed with the fat of sheep and oxen. Fourscore light galleys and brigantines, of fifty and thirty oars, were disembarked on the Bosphorus shore ; arranged successively on rollers, and drawn forward by the power of men and pulleys.
Página 163 - Armies neither fly, nor run post," saith a marshal of France. And I know it to be true, that a fleet of ships may be seen at sunset, and after it, at the Lizard; yet by the next morning they may recover Portland; whereas an army of foot shall not be able to march it in six days.
Página 303 - Among the waste and lumber of the shore, Hard coils of cordage, swarthy fishing-nets, Anchors of rusty fluke, and boats updrawn...
Página 319 - He sat upon the deck, The Book was in his hand ; " Do not fear ! Heaven is as near...