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Side 14
... the continent, in the same direction; he therefore concluded that the ocean
extended between those limits, and that the strait leading into those Indian seas
which had been visited by the Portuguese lay somewhere in the direction of
Darien.
... the continent, in the same direction; he therefore concluded that the ocean
extended between those limits, and that the strait leading into those Indian seas
which had been visited by the Portuguese lay somewhere in the direction of
Darien.
Side 16
This was fortunately done: the wrecks were immediately visited by the canoes of
the natives, who hospitably supplied the Spaniards with provisions. The
adelantado took measures to maintain order among the murmuring crews, while
the ...
This was fortunately done: the wrecks were immediately visited by the canoes of
the natives, who hospitably supplied the Spaniards with provisions. The
adelantado took measures to maintain order among the murmuring crews, while
the ...
Side 22
It would detract as little from his fame, if we were to suppose, with some of the
learned, that America had been already visited in ancient times by Phoenician
navigators, and that the obscure hints found in classic writers relative to oceanic ...
It would detract as little from his fame, if we were to suppose, with some of the
learned, that America had been already visited in ancient times by Phoenician
navigators, and that the obscure hints found in classic writers relative to oceanic ...
Side 23
The Normans and Bretons visited the same seas as early at least as 1504, or
only twelve years after the first voyage of Columbus; and it is not very probable
that a fishery at so great a distance should have been commenced only a few
years ...
The Normans and Bretons visited the same seas as early at least as 1504, or
only twelve years after the first voyage of Columbus; and it is not very probable
that a fishery at so great a distance should have been commenced only a few
years ...
Side 26
... Amerigo Vespucci returned from his voyage with Hojeda, to the beginning of
1505, he appears to have been engaged in the service of the king of Portugal,
and during this period he may have visited the East Indies, or the coast of Brazil.
... Amerigo Vespucci returned from his voyage with Hojeda, to the beginning of
1505, he appears to have been engaged in the service of the king of Portugal,
and during this period he may have visited the East Indies, or the coast of Brazil.
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admiral adventurers afterwards Alfonso de Albuquerque Almagro America Amerigo Vespucci appears arrived bark boat buccaneers called canoes Cape captain Chinese coast colony Columbus command companions conduct conquest continued Cortez course court crew Dampier despatched discovered discovery Drake Dutch East embarked emperor England English enterprise expedition favour fleet gave the name Giagas gold Greenland Hispaniola Hochelega Hojeda hopes Hudson's Bay India Indians Indies inhabitants island Japan Juan king Lake Belle land latitude leagues length Malacca merchants Moluccas months nation natives navigation north-west Pacific Ocean passage Peru pilot Pinto Pinzon Pizarro Portugal Portuguese possession prince proceeded provisions reached received river Russians sailed Salomon Islands savages seamen Sebastian Cabot seen sent settlement ships shore small vessel soon South Sea Spain Spaniards Spanish steered Straits of Magellan success Tatars took trade Tshuktzki visited voyage William Baffin winds
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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...
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, Volum 2 Cabinet cycl Cabinet cyclopaedia The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery, William Desborough Cooley The cabinet cyclopædia, v. 2, 11 |
| Forfatter | William Desborough Cooley |
| Utgiver | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1830 |
| Original fra | Harvard University |
| Digitalisert | 4. des 2007 |
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