America: In which is Included the Posthumous Volume Containing the History of Virginia to the Year 1688 and of New England to the Year 1652, in Four Volumes, Band 1T. Walton, 1809 |
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... progress . That , together with the history of Postuguese America , and of the settlements made by the several na- tions of Europe in the West India Islands , will complete my plan . The three volumes which I now publish , contain an ac ...
... progress . That , together with the history of Postuguese America , and of the settlements made by the several na- tions of Europe in the West India Islands , will complete my plan . The three volumes which I now publish , contain an ac ...
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... progress which has been made by more recent navigators , and suffers the Public to be amused with false accounts of their route . Such conduct appeared to me unsuitable to those liberal senti- ! ments , and that patronage of science ...
... progress which has been made by more recent navigators , and suffers the Public to be amused with false accounts of their route . Such conduct appeared to me unsuitable to those liberal senti- ! ments , and that patronage of science ...
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... progress and extent of the Russian discoveries than has hitherto been communicat- ed to the Public . From other quarters I have received information of great utility and importance . M. le Chevalier de Pin- to , the minister from ...
... progress and extent of the Russian discoveries than has hitherto been communicat- ed to the Public . From other quarters I have received information of great utility and importance . M. le Chevalier de Pin- to , the minister from ...
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... destitute of any just foundation . This I have done in notes upon the pas- sages of my History , which gave rise to his criticisms . COLLEGE OF EDINBURGH , March 1 , 1788 . VOLUME THE FIRST . BOOK 1 . PROGRESS of navigation PREFACE . xi.
... destitute of any just foundation . This I have done in notes upon the pas- sages of my History , which gave rise to his criticisms . COLLEGE OF EDINBURGH , March 1 , 1788 . VOLUME THE FIRST . BOOK 1 . PROGRESS of navigation PREFACE . xi.
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... PROGRESS of navigation among the ancients - View of their discoveries - Imperfection of ancient navigation - Revival of com- merce and navigation in Europe - Invention of the mariner's com- pass - First regular plan of discovery formed ...
... PROGRESS of navigation among the ancients - View of their discoveries - Imperfection of ancient navigation - Revival of com- merce and navigation in Europe - Invention of the mariner's com- pass - First regular plan of discovery formed ...
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Seite 106 - ... lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes ; all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes.
Seite 105 - ... return to Europe. Columbus perceived that it would be of no avail to have recourse to any of his former arts, which, having been tried so often, had lost their effect; and that it was impossible to rekindle any zeal for the success of the expedition among men in whose breasts fear had extinguished every generous sentiment. He...
Seite 106 - 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. From all these symptoms...
Seite 107 - De'um,™ as a hymn of thanksgiving to God, and were joined by those of the other ships, with tears of joy and transports of congratulation. This office of gratitude to Heaven was followed by an act of justice to their commander. They threw themselves at the feet of Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation mingled with reverence.
Seite 103 - He had observed, with great uneasiness, the fatal operation of ignorance and of fear in producing disaffection among his crew, and saw that it was now ready to burst out into open mutiny. He retained, however, perfect presence of mind. He affected to seem ignorant of their machinations. Notwithstanding the agitation and solicitude of his own mind, he appeared with a cheerful countenance, like a man satisfied with the progress he had made, and confident of success.
Seite 108 - ... had so long desired to see. They next erected a crucifix, and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue. They then took solemn possession of the country for the crown of Castile and Leon, with all the formalities which the Portuguese were accustomed to observe in acts of this kind in their new discoveries.
Seite 107 - 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 109 - ... accompanied with lightning and smoke, struck them with such terror, that they began to respect their new guests as a superior order of beings, and concluded that they were children of the Sun, who had descended to visit the earth.
Seite 151 - Spanish government, without meeting with any opposition. He imposed a tribute upon all the inhabitants above the age of fourteen. Each person who lived in those districts where gold was found, was obliged to pay quarterly as much gold dust as filled a hawk's bell ; from those in other parts of the country, twenty-five pounds of cotton were demanded.
Seite 106 - A little after midnight the joyful sound of land ! land ! was heard from the Pinta, which kept always a-head of the other ships.