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We can safely assure M . Amoretti that the account of one Cluny ' having made
this passage in 1745 ; of his having solicited the reward offered by our
government , without obtaining it ; of the Hudson ' s Bay Company finding means
to prevent ...
We can safely assure M . Amoretti that the account of one Cluny ' having made
this passage in 1745 ; of his having solicited the reward offered by our
government , without obtaining it ; of the Hudson ' s Bay Company finding means
to prevent ...
Página 154
The flourishing commerce of the Portuguese and Spaniards in the Indian seas
stimulated the merchants of England to a participation in that great source of
wealth , by the discovery of a passage that would shorten the voyage to India and
...
The flourishing commerce of the Portuguese and Spaniards in the Indian seas
stimulated the merchants of England to a participation in that great source of
wealth , by the discovery of a passage that would shorten the voyage to India and
...
Página 159
The unabated zeal and the extraordinary perseverance which actuated the
promoters of these early voyages of discovery , were kept alive by the prevailing
opinion that the north - west passage had actually been made by the Spaniards
and ...
The unabated zeal and the extraordinary perseverance which actuated the
promoters of these early voyages of discovery , were kept alive by the prevailing
opinion that the north - west passage had actually been made by the Spaniards
and ...
Página 162
He denies the bribe , but admits that he might have said to some of the governors
that he would discover the passage , and none of those with him should be the
wiser for it . His officers loo swore to his having misrepresented facts . The Lords
...
He denies the bribe , but admits that he might have said to some of the governors
that he would discover the passage , and none of those with him should be the
wiser for it . His officers loo swore to his having misrepresented facts . The Lords
...
Página 169
When the government offered a reward of 20 , 0001 . for the discovery of the
Northwest Passage , and 50001 . to him that would approach within one degree
of the North Pole , it was not with a view to any immediate commercial
advantages ...
When the government offered a reward of 20 , 0001 . for the discovery of the
Northwest Passage , and 50001 . to him that would approach within one degree
of the North Pole , it was not with a view to any immediate commercial
advantages ...
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