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 7
... effect instantaneously . Sailors , unaccustomed to quit sight of land , durst not launch at once and commit themselves to unknown seas . Accordingly , near half a century elapsed before navi- gators ventured to proceed much beyond the ...
... effect instantaneously . Sailors , unaccustomed to quit sight of land , durst not launch at once and commit themselves to unknown seas . Accordingly , near half a century elapsed before navi- gators ventured to proceed much beyond the ...
Side 15
... effect ; and that it was impossible to rekindle any zeal for the success of the expe- dition among men , in whose breasts fear had extinguished every generous sentiment . He saw that it was no less vain to think of employing either ...
... effect ; and that it was impossible to rekindle any zeal for the success of the expe- dition among men , in whose breasts fear had extinguished every generous sentiment . He saw that it was no less vain to think of employing either ...
Side 44
... effects , being now consi- dered as lawful plunder , were seized without remorse , and their houses destroyed . A sufficient quantity of bread was found to supply the wants of the ships ; and in some of the dwellings , which were all ...
... effects , being now consi- dered as lawful plunder , were seized without remorse , and their houses destroyed . A sufficient quantity of bread was found to supply the wants of the ships ; and in some of the dwellings , which were all ...
Side 52
... effect , that tranquillity was restored throughout the whole island , both among the settlers and natives . About this time , gold mines of the most superior richness were dis- covered ; and every person began to labour in them on his ...
... effect , that tranquillity was restored throughout the whole island , both among the settlers and natives . About this time , gold mines of the most superior richness were dis- covered ; and every person began to labour in them on his ...
Side 62
... effect of thunder . On this , one of the great guns was loaded with shot , and the ball falling in the midst of a party assembled on a hillock , convinced them that they had something more than noise to apprehend . Ever after they kept ...
... effect of thunder . On this , one of the great guns was loaded with shot , and the ball falling in the midst of a party assembled on a hillock , convinced them that they had something more than noise to apprehend . Ever after they kept ...
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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