The Works of William Robertson, D. D...: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life and Writings, Band 7T. Cadell, 1821 |
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... Prince Henry - Early attempts feeble - Progress along the western coast of Africa - Hopes of discover- ing a new route to the East Indies - Attempts to accomplish this - Prospects of success . b VOL . I. BOOK II . Birth and education of ...
... Prince Henry - Early attempts feeble - Progress along the western coast of Africa - Hopes of discover- ing a new route to the East Indies - Attempts to accomplish this - Prospects of success . b VOL . I. BOOK II . Birth and education of ...
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... Prince , destitute of power to assert his nominal title , hav- ing never visited the Canaries , John de Bethencourt , a Norman baron , obtained a grant of them from Henry III . of Castiles . Bethencourt , with the va- lour and good ...
... Prince , destitute of power to assert his nominal title , hav- ing never visited the Canaries , John de Bethencourt , a Norman baron , obtained a grant of them from Henry III . of Castiles . Bethencourt , with the va- lour and good ...
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... Prince of great merit , who , by superior courage and abilities , had opened his way to a throne which of right did not belong to him . He instantly per- ceived that it would be impossible to preserve pub- lic order , or domestic ...
... Prince of great merit , who , by superior courage and abilities , had opened his way to a throne which of right did not belong to him . He instantly per- ceived that it would be impossible to preserve pub- lic order , or domestic ...
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... Prince director of guese dis- coveries . 1417 . Inconsiderable as this voyage was , it increased Henry the the passion for discovery which began to arise in the Portu- Portugal . The fortunate issue of the King's expe- dition against ...
... Prince director of guese dis- coveries . 1417 . Inconsiderable as this voyage was , it increased Henry the the passion for discovery which began to arise in the Portu- Portugal . The fortunate issue of the King's expe- dition against ...
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... Prince Henry's ships , doubled Cape Bojador , the boundary of the Portuguese navigation upwards of twenty years , and which had hitherto been deemed un- 1433. passable . This successful voyage , which the igno- rance of the age placed ...
... Prince Henry's ships , doubled Cape Bojador , the boundary of the Portuguese navigation upwards of twenty years , and which had hitherto been deemed un- 1433. passable . This successful voyage , which the igno- rance of the age placed ...
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Seite 103 - As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled. From every ship an island was seen about two leagues to the north, whose flat and verdant fields, well stored with wood, and watered with many rivulets, presented the aspect of a delightful country.
Seite 106 - Spaniards ; and with transports of joy received from them hawks' bells, glass beads, or other baubles, in return for which they gave such provisions as they had, and some cotton yarn, the only commodity of value that they could produce.
Seite 104 - They implored him to pardon their ignorance, incredulity, and insolence, which had created him so much unnecessary disquiet, and had so often obstructed the prosecution of his well-concerted plan; and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another^ they now pronounced the man whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than. human, in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conceptions...
Seite 102 - Enraged as the sailors were, and impatient to turn their faces again towards their native country, this proposition did not appear to them unreasonable. Nor did Columbus hazard much in confining himself to a term so short. The presages of discovering land were now so numerous and promising, that he deemed them infallible.
Seite 102 - Nina 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.
Seite 101 - Even with seditious sailors, the words of a man whom they had been accustomed to reverence, were weighty and persuasive, and not only restrained them from those violent excesses, which they meditated, but prevailed with them to accompany their admiral for some time longer.
Seite 96 - Happily for himself, and for the country by which he was employed, he joined to the ardent temper and inventive genius of a projector, virtues of another species, which are rarely united with them. He possessed a thorough knowledge of mankind, an insinuating address, a patient perseverance in executing...
Seite 97 - There they were struck with an appearance no less astonishing than new. They observed that the magnetic needle in their compasses did« not point exactly to the polar star, but varied towards the west, and as they proceeded this variation increased. This...
Seite 105 - The Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded by many of the natives, who gazed in silent admiration upon actions which they could not comprehend, and of which they did not foresee the consequences.
Seite 103 - Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight, the joyful sound of land/ land!