... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea ? or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with... The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Seite 72von Washington Irving - 1830 - 357 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1828 - 722 Seiten
...proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange...Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations... | |
| Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 Seiten
...proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants? Were they like those of the other parts of the globe; or were they some strange...Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies? A thousand speculations... | |
| 1828 - 638 Seiten
...proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange...Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies 1 A thousand speculations... | |
| 1829 - 762 Seiten
...what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other part« of the globe ; or were they sume strange and monstrous race, such as the imagination...Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian «tea ; or was this the famed Cipango (or Japan) itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand... | |
| 1830 - 428 Seiten
...that he perceived in the balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which he bad beheld, proved that it was the residence of man. But...was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions f Had be come upon some wild island, far in the Indian seas ; or was this the famed Cipango itself,... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other parts of the globe; or were they some strange...Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations... | |
| 1840 - 210 Seiten
...or were they some strange and j' A liveried servant announeed to the baroness monstrous raee, sueh as the imagination in those times was prone to give to all remote and un. known regions ? Had he eome upon some wild island, far in the Indian seas ; or was this the famed... | |
| Washington Irving - 1841 - 440 Seiten
...proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange...was prone to give to all remote and unknown regions 1 Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 Seiten
...proved that it was the residence of man. But what were its inhabitants ? Were they like those of the other parts of the globe ; or were they some strange...Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian Sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations... | |
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