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 6
... short , no expence has been spared , nor will any labour be avoided , to render the work worthy the patron- age of the public . A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS , FROM THE DISCOVERY 6 have been extended with unparalleled success and ...
... short , no expence has been spared , nor will any labour be avoided , to render the work worthy the patron- age of the public . A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS , FROM THE DISCOVERY 6 have been extended with unparalleled success and ...
Side 12
... short excursions , Columbus endeavoured to con- ceal from them the real progress which they made . With this view , though they run 18 leagues on the second day after they left Gomera , he gave out that they had only advanced fifteen ...
... short excursions , Columbus endeavoured to con- ceal from them the real progress which they made . With this view , though they run 18 leagues on the second day after they left Gomera , he gave out that they had only advanced fifteen ...
Side 15
... native country , this proposition did not appear to them unreasonable . Nor did Columbus hazard much in confining himself to a term so short . OF COLUMBUS . 15 which they meditated, but prevailed with them to accompany ...
... native country , this proposition did not appear to them unreasonable . Nor did Columbus hazard much in confining himself to a term so short . OF COLUMBUS . 15 which they meditated, but prevailed with them to accompany ...
Side 16
... short . The presages of discovering land were now so numerous and promising , that he deemed them infallible . For some days the sounding- line reached the bottom , and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great ...
... short . The presages of discovering land were now so numerous and promising , that he deemed them infallible . For some days the sounding- line reached the bottom , and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great ...
Side 31
... short space , a fleet of 17 vessels was equipped , stored with provisions , implements for improvements , and commodities for traffic . Many artizans and labourers were engaged ; and so great was the thirst of gold , that numbers were ...
... short space , a fleet of 17 vessels was equipped , stored with provisions , implements for improvements , and commodities for traffic . Many artizans and labourers were engaged ; and so great was the thirst of gold , that numbers were ...
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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