The History of America, Band 1A. Strahan, 1800 |
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... Prepar- ations for invading it . VOLUME THE SECOND . BOOK IV . View of America when first discovered , and of the manners and policy of its most uncivilized inha- b 3 bitants - bitants - Vast extent of America - Grandeur of CONTENTS . XXY.
... Prepar- ations for invading it . VOLUME THE SECOND . BOOK IV . View of America when first discovered , and of the manners and policy of its most uncivilized inha- b 3 bitants - bitants - Vast extent of America - Grandeur of CONTENTS . XXY.
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William Robertson. - bitants - Vast extent of America - Grandeur of the objects it prefents to view - Its mountains- rivers - lakes - Its form favourable to commerce -Temperature - predominance of cold - Caufes of this uncultivated ...
William Robertson. - bitants - Vast extent of America - Grandeur of the objects it prefents to view - Its mountains- rivers - lakes - Its form favourable to commerce -Temperature - predominance of cold - Caufes of this uncultivated ...
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... vast resources of a maritime power , and conveyed to him fome idea of the immenfe wealth which the Tyrians derived from their commerce , efpecially that with the Eaft Indies . As foon as he had ac- complished the deftruction of Tyre ...
... vast resources of a maritime power , and conveyed to him fome idea of the immenfe wealth which the Tyrians derived from their commerce , efpecially that with the Eaft Indies . As foon as he had ac- complished the deftruction of Tyre ...
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... vast continent of India . Amidft the wild exploits which distinguish this part of his history , he purfued measures that mark the fuperiority of his genius , as well as the extent of his views . He had penetrated as far into India as to ...
... vast continent of India . Amidft the wild exploits which distinguish this part of his history , he purfued measures that mark the fuperiority of his genius , as well as the extent of his views . He had penetrated as far into India as to ...
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... vast portion of the habitable earth was pronounced to be unfit for fuftaining the human fpecies . Those fertile and populous regions within the torrid zone , which are now known not only to yield their own inhabitants the neceffaries ...
... vast portion of the habitable earth was pronounced to be unfit for fuftaining the human fpecies . Those fertile and populous regions within the torrid zone , which are now known not only to yield their own inhabitants the neceffaries ...
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accuſtomed Afia Africa againſt almoſt America ancient BOOK Cafas Cape Bojador Cape Non Carthaginians cazique coaft colony Columbus commerce confequence confiderable continent courfe courſe curiofity defire diſcovered diſcovery Eaft eaſt Efpagna Egypt enterpriſe eſtabliſhed Europe Exft extenfive fame fatisfied fcheme fcience fecurity feem fent Ferdinand fettled feveral fhips fhore fhould firft firſt fituation fmall fome foon fouth fpirit ftate ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fuperior globe Greeks Herrera Hifpaniola Hift Hiftoria himſelf Ifabella India induſtry inhabitants intercourfe iſland knowledge land las Indias lefs lumbus meaſure moft moſt muſt natives navigation neceffary obferved occafioned opulent Oviedo perfons Peru Phenicians poffeffed poffeffion Portugal Portugueſe prefent progrefs propofed Ptolemy Ramufio Red Sea refpect regions Relacion Roman Ruffia Spain Spaniards Spaniſh ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion torrid zone trade uſe vaft veffels vifited vols voyage weft weſtern whofe Zengis
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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!