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 11
... never more to behold land . Columbus comforted them with assurances of success , and the prospect of vast wealth , in those opulent regions whether he was conducting them . This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught ...
... never more to behold land . Columbus comforted them with assurances of success , and the prospect of vast wealth , in those opulent regions whether he was conducting them . This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught ...
Side 27
... never quit his ship , till he had taken one hundred prisoners , and destroyed the whole island . He now returned to the port he had left ; but next day the the wind increasing , he lost his anchors , and was forced out to sea , with no ...
... never quit his ship , till he had taken one hundred prisoners , and destroyed the whole island . He now returned to the port he had left ; but next day the the wind increasing , he lost his anchors , and was forced out to sea , with no ...
Side 30
... Never was a man treated with more honour and distinction than Columbus was at this period . In the king's excursions round 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 honour and distinction than Columbus was at this period . In the king's excursions round Barcelona , he kept him always by his side ; an honour which had never been conferred but on princes of the blood ...
Side 40
... never deigned to address his subjects but by signs ; and that the surrounding coast was low , and full of islets . Next day they fell in with such a number of turtles , that they actually covered the sea ; while the sun was darkened by ...
... never deigned to address his subjects but by signs ; and that the surrounding coast was low , and full of islets . Next day they fell in with such a number of turtles , that they actually covered the sea ; while the sun was darkened by ...
Side 43
... Never were such disproportionate armies opposed to each other . On the second day , Columbus being in sight of the enemy , divided his army into two bodies , giving the com- mand of one to his brother Bartholomew , that , by a double ...
... Never were such disproportionate armies opposed to each other . On the second day , Columbus being in sight of the enemy , divided his army into two bodies , giving the com- mand of one to his brother Bartholomew , that , by a double ...
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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