The Diamond Atlas, with Descriptions of All Countries: Exhibiting Their Actual and Comparative Extent and Their Present Political Divisions ...S.N. Gaston, 1858 - 242 sider |
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... ship of to - day pursues its course over the trackless bosom of every ocean , with no less certainty , as to its position , and course , than the steamboat on our rivers . Not content with a superficial investigation , Geology has mined ...
... ship of to - day pursues its course over the trackless bosom of every ocean , with no less certainty , as to its position , and course , than the steamboat on our rivers . Not content with a superficial investigation , Geology has mined ...
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... ships southward , A. D. 1485 , in which expedition I , who projected this sphere , was present . Towards the east lies the great ocean . I also passed over those regions spoken of by Ptolemy : to the Pillars of Hercules , to the Azore ...
... ships southward , A. D. 1485 , in which expedition I , who projected this sphere , was present . Towards the east lies the great ocean . I also passed over those regions spoken of by Ptolemy : to the Pillars of Hercules , to the Azore ...
Side 44
... ships to this place to get gold , costly pearls , and precious stones of Ophir . 8. Of this island many wonderful things are related in ancient history . They assisted Alexander the Great , and they accompanied the Emperor Pompey to ...
... ships to this place to get gold , costly pearls , and precious stones of Ophir . 8. Of this island many wonderful things are related in ancient history . They assisted Alexander the Great , and they accompanied the Emperor Pompey to ...
Side 47
... ships stop here . 19. No ship that has anyáron on it or in it can sail here , on account of the magnetic stones , which grow in large numbers . 20. In the island of Gandyn , and the islands of Java Minor , Angama , Neucuran , Peuthan ...
... ships stop here . 19. No ship that has anyáron on it or in it can sail here , on account of the magnetic stones , which grow in large numbers . 20. In the island of Gandyn , and the islands of Java Minor , Angama , Neucuran , Peuthan ...
Side 52
... SHIP - BUILDING . Noah was not only the the first " naval archi- tect , " but also the first navigator of whom we have any well - verified record ; and as he was guided by divine assistance and command , his bark no doubt answered very ...
... SHIP - BUILDING . Noah was not only the the first " naval archi- tect , " but also the first navigator of whom we have any well - verified record ; and as he was guided by divine assistance and command , his bark no doubt answered very ...
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Side 90 - ... and breasts were like a woman's, as they say that saw her; her body as big as one of us; her skin very white; and long haire hanging downe behinde, of colour black: in her going down they saw her tayle, which was like the tayle of a porposse, and speckled like a macrell.
Side x - It is a most interesting thought, that while millions of men, who have striven hard to transmit some trace of their existence to future generations^ have sunk into utter oblivion, the simple footsteps of animals that existed thousands, nay, tens of thousands, of years ago, should remain as fresh and distinct as if yesterday impressed, even though nearly every other vestige of their existence has vanished. Nay, still more strange is it, that even the pattering of a shower at that distant period, should...
Side 78 - their majesties commanded me by letter to submit to whatever Bobadilla should order in their name ; by their authority he has put upon me these chains, I will wear them until they shall order them to be taken off, and I will preserve them afterwards as relics and memorials of the reward of my services...
Side 200 - From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath ; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad : 9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan : this shall be your north border.
Side 93 - Butter, some twentie seven piece of Porke, halfe a bushell of Pease, but in the Masters Cabbin we found two hundred of bisket Cakes, a pecke of Meale, of Beere to the quantitie of a Butt, one with another. Now, it was said, that the Shallop was come within sight, they let fall the Mainsayle, and out with their Top-sayles, and flye as from an Enemy.
Side 200 - For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and...
Side 200 - Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers...
Side 71 - I undertake the enterprise for my own crown of Castile, and will pledge my jewels to raise the necessary funds.
Side 200 - And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Side 93 - You shall swear truth to God, your prince and country : you shall do nothing, but to the glory of God, and the good of the action in hand, and harm to no man.