The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early History of the Country, the Constitution of the United States, and a Chronological IndexJ.S. Redfield, 1845 - 432 sider |
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... direction . Karlsefne , however , decided on going to the southwest . Thor- hall , therefore , with eight men , quitted them , and was driven by westerly gales to the coast of Ireland , where , according to some accounts , they were ...
... direction . Karlsefne , however , decided on going to the southwest . Thor- hall , therefore , with eight men , quitted them , and was driven by westerly gales to the coast of Ireland , where , according to some accounts , they were ...
Side 14
... direction till they entered a river which fell into the sea from a lake . They steered into this lake , and called the place Hóp , which , in Icelandic , signifies a bay , or the land bordering on such a bay . Here they landed , and ...
... direction till they entered a river which fell into the sea from a lake . They steered into this lake , and called the place Hóp , which , in Icelandic , signifies a bay , or the land bordering on such a bay . Here they landed , and ...
Side 34
... direction to explore the country ; and they re- turned with favorable reports . During this time the Indians were not idle . To justify the bravadoes of their cacique , they lurked in ambush about the camp , so that a Spaniard could not ...
... direction to explore the country ; and they re- turned with favorable reports . During this time the Indians were not idle . To justify the bravadoes of their cacique , they lurked in ambush about the camp , so that a Spaniard could not ...
Side 35
... direction of the Mississippi ; after a time he came to the village of Guachoya , which contained three hundred houses , and was situated about a bowshot from the Mississippi in two contiguous hills with a small inter- vening plain that ...
... direction of the Mississippi ; after a time he came to the village of Guachoya , which contained three hundred houses , and was situated about a bowshot from the Mississippi in two contiguous hills with a small inter- vening plain that ...
Side 37
... direction along a low coast , where even a boat could not touch ; but a sailor swam ashore , and though alarmed by some strange gestures , found the natives kind . A change of course to the northward marks the round- ing of Cape ...
... direction along a low coast , where even a boat could not touch ; but a sailor swam ashore , and though alarmed by some strange gestures , found the natives kind . A change of course to the northward marks the round- ing of Cape ...
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