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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Side 26
... trade of Scythia . On the banks of this great river dwelt a people , bearing the rare character of the ploughing Scythians , who , renouncing the almost universal habits of their race , raised crops of grain in this fertile district ...
... trade of Scythia . On the banks of this great river dwelt a people , bearing the rare character of the ploughing Scythians , who , renouncing the almost universal habits of their race , raised crops of grain in this fertile district ...
Side 29
... trade with the natives in a peculiar manner : The parties did not see each other , but , after a signal made by smoke , one laid down his proffer , went away , and left room for the other to do the same ; when the first came , and ...
... trade with the natives in a peculiar manner : The parties did not see each other , but , after a signal made by smoke , one laid down his proffer , went away , and left room for the other to do the same ; when the first came , and ...
Side 34
... trade was no longer in the hands of the Arabs alone ; and Strabo , when in Egypt , remarked with astonish- ment the increased number of vessels passing directly from Myos - hormos to India . In imagin- ation he penetrated beyond India ...
... trade was no longer in the hands of the Arabs alone ; and Strabo , when in Egypt , remarked with astonish- ment the increased number of vessels passing directly from Myos - hormos to India . In imagin- ation he penetrated beyond India ...
Side 44
... trade largely in a silk called ambra , and elephants ' teeth . Elephants , lions , leopards , monkeys , also a variety of other animals , widely different from ours , are found . Whales are also caught there in great numbers . Marco ...
... trade largely in a silk called ambra , and elephants ' teeth . Elephants , lions , leopards , monkeys , also a variety of other animals , widely different from ours , are found . Whales are also caught there in great numbers . Marco ...
Side 52
... trade and commerce , to unravel the myths and mysteries connected with distant regions , to diffuse the gentle spirit of Christianity over the " waste places of heathen lands " —frequently the shallow pretence for murder and rapine ...
... trade and commerce , to unravel the myths and mysteries connected with distant regions , to diffuse the gentle spirit of Christianity over the " waste places of heathen lands " —frequently the shallow pretence for murder and rapine ...
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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.