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 10
... , and having supplied himself with fresh provisions , he took his departure for Gomera , one of the most westerly of the Canary islands , on the 6th of September . Here the voyage of discovery may properly be said to 10 THE FIRST VOYAGE.
... , and having supplied himself with fresh provisions , he took his departure for Gomera , one of the most westerly of the Canary islands , on the 6th of September . Here the voyage of discovery may properly be said to 10 THE FIRST VOYAGE.
Side 15
... took part with the private men ; they assembled tumultuously on the deck , ex- postulated with their commander , mingled threats with their expostulations , and required him instantly to tack about and to return to Europe . Columbus ...
... took part with the private men ; they assembled tumultuously on the deck , ex- postulated with their commander , mingled threats with their expostulations , and required him instantly to tack about and to return to Europe . Columbus ...
Side 16
... took up the branch of a tree with red berries , perfectly fresh . The clouds around the setting - sun assumed a new appearance ; the air was more mild and warm , and , during night , the wind became unequal and variable . From all these ...
... took up the branch of a tree with red berries , perfectly fresh . The clouds around the setting - sun assumed a new appearance ; the air was more mild and warm , and , during night , the wind became unequal and variable . From all these ...
Side 17
... took solemn possession of the country for the crown of Castile and Leon , with all the formalities which the Portu- guese were accustomed to observe in acts of this kind , in their new discoveries . The Spaniards , while thus employed ...
... took solemn possession of the country for the crown of Castile and Leon , with all the formalities which the Portu- guese were accustomed to observe in acts of this kind , in their new discoveries . The Spaniards , while thus employed ...
Side 19
... took its departure , and only four degress to the south of it ; so little had Columbus deviated from the westerly course , which he had chosen as the most proper . Columbus employed the next day in visiting the coasts of the island ...
... took its departure , and only four degress to the south of it ; so little had Columbus deviated from the westerly course , which he had chosen as the most proper . Columbus employed the next day in visiting the coasts of the island ...
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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