A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 1Mackenzie and Dent, 1817 |
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Side 8
... carried into aco , oy the practice of navigation , led him to form juster notions of the figure of the earth , than any of his contempo- raries , and to extend the boundaries of knowledge and of the world . The correct idea this great ...
... carried into aco , oy the practice of navigation , led him to form juster notions of the figure of the earth , than any of his contempo- raries , and to extend the boundaries of knowledge and of the world . The correct idea this great ...
Side 10
... carrying the admiral's flag ; the Pinta , commanded by Martin Alonzo Pinzon ; and the Nigna , captain Vincent Yanez Pinzon , the brother of the former , both natives of Palos . The fleet being furnished with provisions and necessaries ...
... carrying the admiral's flag ; the Pinta , commanded by Martin Alonzo Pinzon ; and the Nigna , captain Vincent Yanez Pinzon , the brother of the former , both natives of Palos . The fleet being furnished with provisions and necessaries ...
Side 13
... carried them forward . Several birds were seen hovering about the ship , and directed their course towards the west . The desponding crew resumed some degree of spirit , and began to entertain fresh hopes . Upon the 1st of October they ...
... carried them forward . Several birds were seen hovering about the ship , and directed their course towards the west . The desponding crew resumed some degree of spirit , and began to entertain fresh hopes . Upon the 1st of October they ...
Side 16
... carried from place to place . A little after midnight the joyful sound of land , land , was heard from the Pinta , which kept always ahead of the other ships . But , having been so often deceived by fallacious appearances , every man ...
... carried from place to place . A little after midnight the joyful sound of land , land , was heard from the Pinta , which kept always ahead of the other ships . But , having been so often deceived by fallacious appearances , every man ...
Side 22
... carried in a sort of palanquin upon the shoulders of four men , and attended by many of his subjects , who served him with great respect . His deportment was grave and stately , very reserved towards his own people , but with Columbus ...
... carried in a sort of palanquin upon the shoulders of four men , and attended by many of his subjects , who served him with great respect . His deportment was grave and stately , very reserved towards his own people , but with Columbus ...
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admiral Almagro America anchor appeared arms arrived Barbadoes barge boat body brigantines called canoe captain Carlisle bay carried cazique climate coast colonel Fourgeoud colony Columbus command continued Cortes creek crown of Castile Cuba danger Devil's Harwar discovered Drake endeavoured enemy European expedition fatigue favourable fire fleet friends gave gold governor ground Guacanagari hammock hand harbour head Hispaniola honour hopes immediately Indians inhabitants instantly island Joanna land leagues leave Mexicans Montezuma morning mountains mulatto musquitoes natives negroes never night Nombre de Dios obliged observed officers Panama Paramaribo party person Peru pinnaces Pizarro poor Porto Bello present provisions Quito rebels received river rowed sailed sailors seemed sent ship shore side situation slaves soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish Stedman Surinam surprize Symerons tion took town trees troops vessel voyage whole wind woods wounded