American Annals: Or, a Chronological History of America, from Its Discovery in MCCCCXCII to MDCCCVI, Volume 1W. Hilliard, 1805 - America |
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... west ; but the navigators , through ignorance and want of enterprise , failing in the design , turned the project of Columbus into ridicule . Indignant at this dishonourable artifice , Colum- bus left Portugal ; and , having previously ...
... west ; but the navigators , through ignorance and want of enterprise , failing in the design , turned the project of Columbus into ridicule . Indignant at this dishonourable artifice , Colum- bus left Portugal ; and , having previously ...
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... west of the Canary islands , Columbus observ- ed that the magnetic needle in the compasses did not point exactly to the polar star , but varied to- ward the west.3 This discovery made an alarming impression on his pilots and mariners ...
... west of the Canary islands , Columbus observ- ed that the magnetic needle in the compasses did not point exactly to the polar star , but varied to- ward the west.3 This discovery made an alarming impression on his pilots and mariners ...
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... West India islands , called Bahamas , lying in the 25th . degree of north latitude , above 3000 miles to the west of Gomera . Robertson , L. book ii . Belknap Biog . i . 101. The authors of the Universal History ( xli . 320 , 331 ...
... West India islands , called Bahamas , lying in the 25th . degree of north latitude , above 3000 miles to the west of Gomera . Robertson , L. book ii . Belknap Biog . i . 101. The authors of the Universal History ( xli . 320 , 331 ...
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... western ocean . Their competitors , however , were careful to obtain the highest confirmation possible of their own ... West Indies . An ambassador was sent to Rome . The Pope , then in the chair , was Alexander VI , a Spaniard by birth ...
... western ocean . Their competitors , however , were careful to obtain the highest confirmation possible of their own ... West Indies . An ambassador was sent to Rome . The Pope , then in the chair , was Alexander VI , a Spaniard by birth ...
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... west of it , on the Spaniards . ' How astonishingly great , at this period , was the Remarks influence of the Pope of Rome ! This sovereign Pontiff , " in virtue of that power which he received from Jesus Christ , conferred on the crown ...
... west of it , on the Spaniards . ' How astonishingly great , at this period , was the Remarks influence of the Pope of Rome ! This sovereign Pontiff , " in virtue of that power which he received from Jesus Christ , conferred on the crown ...
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Page 251 - ordered that Trimountain shall be called Boston ; Mattapan, Dorchester ; and the town upon Charles River, Waterton." f Also ordered, that no person should plant in any place within the limits of the patent, without leave from the Governor and assistants, or the major part of them.