Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeJ. & J. Harper, 1833 - 360 páginas |
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... four years old . He was afterward brought back to England when a youth , " assai giovane . " - Ramusio , vol . i . p . 414. Memoir of Cabot ,. p . 69 fish . It is the practice of these animals to 20 SEBASTIAN CABOT .
... four years old . He was afterward brought back to England when a youth , " assai giovane . " - Ramusio , vol . i . p . 414. Memoir of Cabot ,. p . 69 fish . It is the practice of these animals to 20 SEBASTIAN CABOT .
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... four ships , the command of which he intrusted to Giovanni Verazzano , a Florentine navigator of great skill and celebrity . The destination of the armament , however , appears to have embraced the purposes of plunder as well as of ...
... four ships , the command of which he intrusted to Giovanni Verazzano , a Florentine navigator of great skill and celebrity . The destination of the armament , however , appears to have embraced the purposes of plunder as well as of ...
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... four years the French monarch would listen to no proposals for the establishment of a colony . Private adventure at length came forward to accomplish that which had been neglected by royal munificence , and the Sieur de Roberval , a ...
... four years the French monarch would listen to no proposals for the establishment of a colony . Private adventure at length came forward to accomplish that which had been neglected by royal munificence , and the Sieur de Roberval , a ...
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... four years prior to the voyage of Viscaino , Juan de Fuça , a veteran Spanish pilot , conducted a ship beyond the mouth of the Columbia , and doubling Cape Flattery , entered the Straits of Georgia , through which he passed till he came ...
... four years prior to the voyage of Viscaino , Juan de Fuça , a veteran Spanish pilot , conducted a ship beyond the mouth of the Columbia , and doubling Cape Flattery , entered the Straits of Georgia , through which he passed till he came ...
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... four fathoms and a half , about 600 yards from the land , and lay quiet during the rest of the night ; but in the morning they found themselves surrounded with rocks and breakers . They were certain that the coast of Kamtschatka was not ...
... four fathoms and a half , about 600 yards from the land , and lay quiet during the rest of the night ; but in the morning they found themselves surrounded with rocks and breakers . They were certain that the coast of Kamtschatka was not ...
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Página 211 - The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble.
Página 211 - And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk...
Página 177 - Had my own life alone been threatened, I would not have purchased it by such a measure ; but I considered myself as intrusted also with the protection of Hepburn's, a man, who, by his humane attentions and devotedness, had so endeared himself to me, that I felt more anxiety for his safety than for my own.
Página 108 - were made for labour; one of them can carry, or haul, as much as two men can do. They also pitch our tents, make and mend our clothing, keep us warm at night, and, in fact, there is no such thing as traveling .any considerable distance, or for any length of time, in this country, without their assistance.
Página 179 - Each of us thought the other weaker in intellect than himself, and more in need of advice and assistance.
Página 278 - The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Página 278 - ... settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the...