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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... tion of the Needle - Statement of Livio Sanuto - Point of No Variation fixed by Cabot - Adopted afterwards by Mercator for his Great Meridian - Refer- ence to Cabot's Map - Early testimonials - Allusion to the English discove- ries in ...
... tion of the Needle - Statement of Livio Sanuto - Point of No Variation fixed by Cabot - Adopted afterwards by Mercator for his Great Meridian - Refer- ence to Cabot's Map - Early testimonials - Allusion to the English discove- ries in ...
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... tion . A correct translation is found in De Bry : - " An ig- noratis inquit ( erat autem sermo institutus de investiganda orientali India qua Thracias ventus flat ) quid egerit civis quidam vester , & c . " A more material error remains ...
... tion . A correct translation is found in De Bry : - " An ig- noratis inquit ( erat autem sermo institutus de investiganda orientali India qua Thracias ventus flat ) quid egerit civis quidam vester , & c . " A more material error remains ...
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... tion of his first volume to Lord Charles Howard . We shall see , presently , how far he has been misled by relying on that translation . The following is Gomara's own language- El " Qui en mas noticia traxo desta tierra fue Sebastian ...
... tion of his first volume to Lord Charles Howard . We shall see , presently , how far he has been misled by relying on that translation . The following is Gomara's own language- El " Qui en mas noticia traxo desta tierra fue Sebastian ...
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... tion , with the conjectures of others , and draws certain infer- ences , " if the Cardes of Cabota and Gemmi Frisius , and that which Tramezine imprinted be true " ( 3 Hakluyt , p . 28 ) . There is no difficulty , as has been said , in ...
... tion , with the conjectures of others , and draws certain infer- ences , " if the Cardes of Cabota and Gemmi Frisius , and that which Tramezine imprinted be true " ( 3 Hakluyt , p . 28 ) . There is no difficulty , as has been said , in ...
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... tion is just as strong with regard to each of them as to the father , and even more so if we look to the appropriate sea- son of life for perilous adventure . The truth seems to be this : -as it is probable that all the means of the ...
... tion is just as strong with regard to each of them as to the father , and even more so if we look to the appropriate sea- son of life for perilous adventure . The truth seems to be this : -as it is probable that all the means of the ...
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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...