The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1830 |
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... covered land , to which he gave the name of Santa Maria de la Consolaçion . He immediately went on shore , and , with the usual formalities , took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile . No inhabitants were seen ...
... covered land , to which he gave the name of Santa Maria de la Consolaçion . He immediately went on shore , and , with the usual formalities , took possession of the country in the name of the crown of Castile . No inhabitants were seen ...
Side 40
... covered with trackless forests , and through defiles from which the Indians , in secure ambuscade , showered down poisoned arrows . But no sufferings could damp the courage of the Spaniards in that enterprising age ; Balboa surmounted ...
... covered with trackless forests , and through defiles from which the Indians , in secure ambuscade , showered down poisoned arrows . But no sufferings could damp the courage of the Spaniards in that enterprising age ; Balboa surmounted ...
Side 62
... covered all over with a mixture of paint and cotton wool , who were supposed to possess supernatural powers , and who promised them certain victory . Cortez now determined to lead an army in person against the rebellious general . He ...
... covered all over with a mixture of paint and cotton wool , who were supposed to possess supernatural powers , and who promised them certain victory . Cortez now determined to lead an army in person against the rebellious general . He ...
Side 64
... covered with savages . The coast was low , and so beset with breakers , that it appeared utterly impossible to land from their vessels ; nor was it evident that the natives watched them with friendly intentions . But necessity now com ...
... covered with savages . The coast was low , and so beset with breakers , that it appeared utterly impossible to land from their vessels ; nor was it evident that the natives watched them with friendly intentions . But necessity now com ...
Side 72
... covered with swamps and imper- vious forests . The fatigues of the voyage , the scarcity of provisions , and the maladies peculiar to the climate , reduced considerably the numbers of his followers , who , notwithstanding the example ...
... covered with swamps and imper- vious forests . The fatigues of the voyage , the scarcity of provisions , and the maladies peculiar to the climate , reduced considerably the numbers of his followers , who , notwithstanding the example ...
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The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 2 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 2 William Desborough Cooley Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1830 |
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admiral adventurers afterwards Alfonso de Albuquerque America Amerigo Vespucci appears arrived boat buccaneers called canoes Cape captain carried Chinese coast colony Columbus command companions conduct conquest continued Cortez courage course court crew Cuba Dampier despatched discovered Drake Dutch East embarked emperor England English enterprise expedition favour fleet gave the name Giagas gold Greenland Guinea Hispaniola Hochelega Hojeda hopes India Indians Indies inhabitants island Japan Juan king Lake Belle land latitude leagues length Malacca merchants Moluccas months nation natives navigation north-west Nova Zembla Pacific Ocean passage Peru pilot Pinto Pinzon Pizarro Portugal Portuguese possession proceeded provisions reached received river Russians Salomon Islands savages seamen Sebastian Cabot seen sent set sail settlement ships shore small vessel soon South Sea Spain Spaniards Spanish steered Straits of Magellan success supposed Tatars trade Tshuktzki visited voyage of discovery
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Side 311 - Hodmadods have: and setting aside their human shape, they differ but little from brutes. They are tall, straight-bodied, and thin, with small, long limbs. They have great heads, round foreheads, and great brows. Their eyelids are always half closed, to keep the flies out of their eyes...
Side 151 - I will not forsake my little company going homeward, with whom I have passed so many storms and perils.
Side 144 - The prince called them to his table, to receive each a cup from his hand to drinke, and took into his hand master George...
Side 181 - London; have, at their own great cost and charges, undertaken an expedition for Hudson's Bay, in the north-west part of America, for the discovery of a new passage into the South Sea, and for the finding Some trade for furs, minerals and other considerable commodities...
Side 320 - He built two huts with pimento trees, covered them with long grass, and lined them with the skins of goats, which he killed with his gun as he wanted, so long as his powder lasted, which was but a pound; and that being almost spent, he got fire by rubbing two sticks of pimento wood together upon his knee.
Side 306 - Shot; which being spent, he contrived a way by notching his Knife, to saw the barrel of his Gun into small pieces, wherewith he made Harpoons, Lances, Hooks and a long Knife; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck with his Gunflint, and a piece of the barrel of his Gun, which he hardened; having learnt to do that among the English. The hot pieces of Iron he would hammer out and bend as he pleased with Stones...
Side 150 - The Colleagues of the Fellowship for the Discovery of the North-west Passage.
Side 146 - ... the only thing of the world that was left yet undone, whereby a notable mind might be made famous and fortunate.
Side 172 - Cape Desolation ; and from thence you, William Baffin as pilot, keep along the coast of Greenland and up Fretum Davis, until you come toward the height of eighty degrees, if the land will give you leave.
Side 165 - This morning, one of our companie looking over boord saw a mermaid, and calling up some of the companie to see her, one more came up, and by that time shee was come close to the ship's side, looking earnestly on the men : a little after, a sea came and overturned her : from the navill upward, her backe and breasts were like a woman's...