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 1 |
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Side 30
Never was a man treated with more lionour and distinction than Columbus was at
this period . In the king's excursions vound Barcelona , he kept him always by his
side ; an honour which had never been conferred but on princes of the blood ...
Never was a man treated with more lionour and distinction than Columbus was at
this period . In the king's excursions vound Barcelona , he kept him always by his
side ; an honour which had never been conferred but on princes of the blood ...
Side 133
The country through which Orellana passed was rich and delightful in the fruits of
the earth ; but as it was chiefly champaign , and therefore not plentiful in minerals
, the Spaniards disregarded it ; and have never yet made any settlements there ...
The country through which Orellana passed was rich and delightful in the fruits of
the earth ; but as it was chiefly champaign , and therefore not plentiful in minerals
, the Spaniards disregarded it ; and have never yet made any settlements there ...
Side 199
... Drake with whose character they were before acquainted , that he was a rigid
observer of the laws of war , and never permitted his arrows to be poisoned ; he
then dismissed him with considerable presents , and told him that , though he
had ...
... Drake with whose character they were before acquainted , that he was a rigid
observer of the laws of war , and never permitted his arrows to be poisoned ; he
then dismissed him with considerable presents , and told him that , though he
had ...
Side 265
I fired at it immediately , but with no better success than the other time : and now ,
being but slightly wounded , he sent up such a cloud of dust and dirt , as I never
saw but in a whirlwind , and made us once more suddenly retreat to our canoe ...
I fired at it immediately , but with no better success than the other time : and now ,
being but slightly wounded , he sent up such a cloud of dust and dirt , as I never
saw but in a whirlwind , and made us once more suddenly retreat to our canoe ...
Side 321
These Indians never beat their children on any account whatever , nor give them
any education , except in hunting , fishing , running , and swimming ; yet they
never use abusive language to each other , nor steal ; and a lie is totally
unknown ...
These Indians never beat their children on any account whatever , nor give them
any education , except in hunting , fishing , running , and swimming ; yet they
never use abusive language to each other , nor steal ; and a lie is totally
unknown ...
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admiral appeared arms arrived attended began boat body brought called captain carried coast colonel Columbus command continued Cortes course covered danger determined discovered Drake effect enemy entered expected extremely fire force four Fourgeoud friends gave give gold ground hand head hopes immediately Indians inhabitants island Joanna kind land leave length less living manner means mind morning natives nature negroes never night obliged observed offered officers once Panama party passed person poor Porto Bello present provisions reached rebels received remained rest river sailed sailors seemed sent ship shore short side situation slaves soldiers soon Spaniards suffered taken thing tion took town trees troops vessel voyage whole wind woods wounded young
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| Titel | 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 ..., Bind 1 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, R. P. Forster |
| Redaktør | R. P. Forster |
| Udgave | 2 |
| Udgiver | Mackenzie and Dent, 1817 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of Minnesota |
| Digitaliseret | 15. aug 2014 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |