A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot: With a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery : Illustrated by Documents from the Rolls, Now First PublishedCarey and Lea, 1831 - 327 páginas |
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... master even of the French language . Obliged thus to grope after a mean- ing , his version is as follows , ( vol . iii . p . 9 ) " He carried with him 300 men , and took the way towards Island from be- yond the Cape of Labrador ...
... master even of the French language . Obliged thus to grope after a mean- ing , his version is as follows , ( vol . iii . p . 9 ) " He carried with him 300 men , and took the way towards Island from be- yond the Cape of Labrador ...
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... master and mariners had not been . " In the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum " of the celebrated geographer Ortelius , will be found a map designated as " Ame- rica sive Novi Orbis descriptio ; " in which he depicts , with an accuracy that ...
... master and mariners had not been . " In the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum " of the celebrated geographer Ortelius , will be found a map designated as " Ame- rica sive Novi Orbis descriptio ; " in which he depicts , with an accuracy that ...
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... Master Philip Sydney , Esq , " Zouch , in his Life of Sir Philip Syd- ney ( p . 317 ) , thus refers to it : " Every reader conversant in the annals of our naval transactions , will cheerfully acknow- ledge the merit of Richard Hakluyt ...
... Master Philip Sydney , Esq , " Zouch , in his Life of Sir Philip Syd- ney ( p . 317 ) , thus refers to it : " Every reader conversant in the annals of our naval transactions , will cheerfully acknow- ledge the merit of Richard Hakluyt ...
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... Master William Worthington , one of her Majesty's Pensioners , who ( because SO WORTHIE MONUMENTS should not be buried in perpetual oblivion ) is very willing to suffer them to be overseene , and published in as good order as may be to ...
... Master William Worthington , one of her Majesty's Pensioners , who ( because SO WORTHIE MONUMENTS should not be buried in perpetual oblivion ) is very willing to suffer them to be overseene , and published in as good order as may be to ...
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... Master Toy encouraged me to attempt the same , whiche I speake not to the reproache of other in whom I thynke there lacked no good wyll , but that they thought the booke would be too chargeable ” ( fol . 360 ) . Compare the modest and ...
... Master Toy encouraged me to attempt the same , whiche I speake not to the reproache of other in whom I thynke there lacked no good wyll , but that they thought the booke would be too chargeable ” ( fol . 360 ) . Compare the modest and ...
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Página 1 - I retire from the field, conscious that there remains behind not only a large harvest, but labourers capable of gathering it in. More than one writer has of late displayed talents of this description ; and if the present author, himself a phantom, may be permitted .to distinguish a brother, or perhaps a sister shadow, he would mention, in particular, the author of the very lively work, entitled
Página 5 - ONE HUNDRED PERRIN'S FABLES, ACCOMPANIED BY A KEY, Containing the text, a literal and free translation, arranged in such a manner as to point out the difference between the French and English idiom, &c., in 1 vol., 12mo.
Página 5 - A COLLECTION OF COLLOQUIAL PHRASES, ON EVERY TOPIC NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN CONVERSATION, Arranged under different heads, with numerous remarks on the peculiar pronunciation and...
Página 10 - East, where spices grove, by a way that was neuer knowen before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing And understanding by reason of the sphere, that if I should, saile by way of the North-west, I should by a shorter tract come into India, I thereupon caused the king to be advertised of my devise, who immediately commanded two caravels to bee furnished with all things appertaining to the voyage, which was as farre as I remember...
Página 190 - JAMES, by the grace of God, king of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith; and of Scotland the seven and fortieth.
Página 190 - Ordinances, Instructions, and Advertisements of, and for the direction of the intended voyage for Cathay, compiled, made, and delivered by the right worshipful M. Sebastian Cabota, Esq. Governour of the Mysterie and Companie of the Merchants Adventurers for the discoverie of Regions, Dominions, Islands, and places unknowen, the 9th day of May, in the yere of our Lord God 1553...
Página 71 - ... to seek out, discover, and find whatsoever isles, countries, regions, or provinces of the heathen and infidels whatsoever they be, and in what part of the world soever they be, which before this time have been unknown to all Christians.
Página 159 - Among all the European arts, what he admired most was that of reading and writing ; and he long deliberated with himself, whether he should regard it as a natural or acquired talent. In order to determine this, he desired one of the soldiers, who guarded him, to write the name of God on the nail of his thumb. This he...