The History of America, Band 1A. Strahan, 1800 |
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... expected from the activity and enterprise of the human mind , nor to what might have been performed by the power of the great em- pires which fucceffively governed the world . If we reject accounts that are fabulous and ob- fcure ; if ...
... expected from the activity and enterprise of the human mind , nor to what might have been performed by the power of the great em- pires which fucceffively governed the world . If we reject accounts that are fabulous and ob- fcure ; if ...
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... expected every moment to perifh , landed them on an unknown ifland , which from their happy efcape they named Porto Santo . In the infancy of navigation , the , discovery of this small island appeared a matter of fuch moment , that they ...
... expected every moment to perifh , landed them on an unknown ifland , which from their happy efcape they named Porto Santo . In the infancy of navigation , the , discovery of this small island appeared a matter of fuch moment , that they ...
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... republic , in queft of the new regions which he expected to dif cover . But Columbus had refided for so many to the Ge- noefe ; * Life of Columbus , c . viii . years II . years in foreign parts , that his countrymen 94 HISTORY OF AMERICA .
... republic , in queft of the new regions which he expected to dif cover . But Columbus had refided for so many to the Ge- noefe ; * Life of Columbus , c . viii . years II . years in foreign parts , that his countrymen 94 HISTORY OF AMERICA .
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... expected from the fuccefs of his fcheme , advifing the king to dispatch a veffel fecretly , in order to attempt the propofed difco- very , by following exactly the course which Co- lumbus feemed to point out . John , forgetting on this ...
... expected from the fuccefs of his fcheme , advifing the king to dispatch a veffel fecretly , in order to attempt the propofed difco- very , by following exactly the course which Co- lumbus feemed to point out . John , forgetting on this ...
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... expected to discover , could not be performed in lefs than three years . Others concluded , that either he would find the ocean to be of infinite extent , according to the opinion of fome ancient philofophers ; or , if he should persist ...
... expected to discover , could not be performed in lefs than three years . Others concluded , that either he would find the ocean to be of infinite extent , according to the opinion of fome ancient philofophers ; or , if he should persist ...
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Seite 124 - The sailors aboard the Nigna 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 121 - Sometimes he endeavoured to work upon their ambition or avarice, by magnificent descriptions of the fame and wealth which they were about to acquire. On other occasions, he assumed...
Seite 123 - It was necessary, on all these accounts, to soothe passions which he could no longer command, and to give way to a torrent too impetuous to be checked. He promised solemnly to his men that he would comply with their request, provided they would accompany him and obey his commands for three days longer, and if, during that time, land were not discovered, he would then abandon the enterprise, and direct his course towards Spain.
Seite 122 - ... towards that quarter whither they pointed their flight. But, after holding on for several days in this new direction without any better success than formerly, having seen no object during thirty days but the sea and the sky, the hopes of his companions subsided...
Seite 125 - 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 ! was heard from the Pinta, which kept always ahead of the other ships.
Seite 126 - ... 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 conception of all former ages.
Seite 118 - They were now in a boundless and unknown ocean, far from the usual course of navigation; nature itself seemed to be altered, and the only guide which they had left was about to fail them. Columbus, with no less quickness than ingenuity, invented a reason for this appearance...
Seite 115 - Here the voyage of discovery may properly be said to begin; for Columbus, holding his course due west, left immediately the usual track of navigation, and stretched into unfrequented and unknown seas. The first day, as it was very calm, he made but little way ; but on the second he lost sight of the Canaries; and many of the sailors...
Seite 123 - ... 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...
Seite 125 - Guttierez perceived it, and calling to 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!