An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Band 1editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 - 485 Seiten |
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... greater effect by Leif , the fon of Eric , the difcoverer of Greenland . It does not appear that they reached farther than Labrador ; on which coaft they met with the Esquimaux , on whom they bestowed the name of Skrælingues , or ...
... greater effect by Leif , the fon of Eric , the difcoverer of Greenland . It does not appear that they reached farther than Labrador ; on which coaft they met with the Esquimaux , on whom they bestowed the name of Skrælingues , or ...
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... greater than ever . Having courted the protection of fovereign states without fuccefs , he applied , next , to perfons of inferior rank , and ad- dreffed fucceffively the dukes of Medina Sidonia , and Medina Celi , who , though fubjects ...
... greater than ever . Having courted the protection of fovereign states without fuccefs , he applied , next , to perfons of inferior rank , and ad- dreffed fucceffively the dukes of Medina Sidonia , and Medina Celi , who , though fubjects ...
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... greater confidence than formerly in fupport of his fcheme . The chief of thefe , Alonso de Quintanilla , comptroller of the finances in Caftile , and Luis de Santangel , receiver of the ecclefiaftical revenues in Arragon , whose ...
... greater confidence than formerly in fupport of his fcheme . The chief of thefe , Alonso de Quintanilla , comptroller of the finances in Caftile , and Luis de Santangel , receiver of the ecclefiaftical revenues in Arragon , whose ...
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... greater distance from land than any Spaniard had been before that time . There they were ftruck with an appearance no lefs aftonishing than new . They obferved that the magnetic needle , in their compaffes , did not point exactly to the ...
... greater distance from land than any Spaniard had been before that time . There they were ftruck with an appearance no lefs aftonishing than new . They obferved that the magnetic needle , in their compaffes , did not point exactly to the ...
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... greater abundance than their neigh- bours , which they readily exchanged for bells , beads , or pins ; and in this unequal traffic both parties were highly pleased , each confidering themselves as gainers by the tranfaction . Here ...
... greater abundance than their neigh- bours , which they readily exchanged for bells , beads , or pins ; and in this unequal traffic both parties were highly pleased , each confidering themselves as gainers by the tranfaction . Here ...
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