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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... land . It is pretended that he made two voyages ; that failing Weft , he left Ireland fo far to the North , that he came to a land unknown , where he faw many ftrange things ; that he returned home , and , making a report of the ...
... land . It is pretended that he made two voyages ; that failing Weft , he left Ireland fo far to the North , that he came to a land unknown , where he faw many ftrange things ; that he returned home , and , making a report of the ...
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... land , they had arrived within fo fmall a distance of the New World , that there is at least a poffibility of its having been touched at by a people fo verfed in maritime affairs , and fo adventurous , as the ancient Normans were . The ...
... land , they had arrived within fo fmall a distance of the New World , that there is at least a poffibility of its having been touched at by a people fo verfed in maritime affairs , and fo adventurous , as the ancient Normans were . The ...
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... land was never colonized , nor any advantages made of it , it may fairly be conjectured , that they reached no farther than the barren country of Labrador . In fhort , it is from a much later period that we muft date the real discovery ...
... land was never colonized , nor any advantages made of it , it may fairly be conjectured , that they reached no farther than the barren country of Labrador . In fhort , it is from a much later period that we muft date the real discovery ...
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... land in the other hemifphere . Thefe conclufions concerning the exiftence of another continent , drawn from the figure and structure of the globe , were con- firmed by the obfervations and conjectures of modern navigators . A Portuguese ...
... land in the other hemifphere . Thefe conclufions concerning the exiftence of another continent , drawn from the figure and structure of the globe , were con- firmed by the obfervations and conjectures of modern navigators . A Portuguese ...
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... land , fituated in that quarter . Colum- bus's brother - in - law had found , to the weft of the Madeira ifles , a piece of timber fashioned in the fame manner , and brought by the same wind ; and had feen likewife canes of an enormons ...
... land , fituated in that quarter . Colum- bus's brother - in - law had found , to the weft of the Madeira ifles , a piece of timber fashioned in the fame manner , and brought by the same wind ; and had feen likewife canes of an enormons ...
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