Complete Works, Volume 3Estes & Lauriat, 1882 |
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... supply its place . He could not , however , have remained long in this employment , as , according to his own account , he entered upon a nautical life when but fourteen years of age . * In tracing the early history of a man like ...
... supply its place . He could not , however , have remained long in this employment , as , according to his own account , he entered upon a nautical life when but fourteen years of age . * In tracing the early history of a man like ...
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... supplies on the voyage . Under the third head , are enumerated various indications of land in the west , which had floated to the shores of the known world . It is curious to observe , how , when once the mind of Columbus had beome ...
... supplies on the voyage . Under the third head , are enumerated various indications of land in the west , which had floated to the shores of the known world . It is curious to observe , how , when once the mind of Columbus had beome ...
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... supplies to the army , and , at the same time , attending to the multiplied exigencies of civil government . On the 12th of June , she repaired to the camp , then engaged in the siege of Moclin , and both sovereigns remained for some ...
... supplies to the army , and , at the same time , attending to the multiplied exigencies of civil government . On the 12th of June , she repaired to the camp , then engaged in the siege of Moclin , and both sovereigns remained for some ...
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... supply of wood and water , they left the island of San Salvador the same evening , the admiral being impatient to arrive at the wealthy country to the south , which he flattered himself would prove the famous island of Cipango . CHAPTER ...
... supply of wood and water , they left the island of San Salvador the same evening , the admiral being impatient to arrive at the wealthy country to the south , which he flattered himself would prove the famous island of Cipango . CHAPTER ...
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... supply procured than that furnished by Scios , and other islands of the Archipelago . the course of their researches in the vegetable kingdom , in quest of the luxuries of commerce , they met with the potato , a humble root , little ...
... supply procured than that furnished by Scios , and other islands of the Archipelago . the course of their researches in the vegetable kingdom , in quest of the luxuries of commerce , they met with the potato , a humble root , little ...
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abounded admiral Almirante Alonso de Ojeda anchored Andalusia appeared arms arrived beautiful beheld boat brother cacique called canoes Caonabo Cape caravel Caribs Casas cavaliers CHAPTER Charlevoix chieftain Christopher Columbus Cibao coast colony Colum Columbus gave command considered continued course court crew crown Cuba decad Diego Diego Colon discovered discovery distance enterprise expedition favorable fish forests fortress friar gave the name gold Guacanagari harbor Herrera Hispaniola Hist Indians inhabitants Isabella island Juan kind king land leagues letter los Palacios lumbus Marco Polo Margarite mariners Martin Alonzo Pinzon Moguer monarch mountains natives Navarrete navigation night observed ocean Ojeda Oviedo Palacios Palos Pedro persons Peter Martyr Pinta Portugal Portuguese possession present prince region river royal sail savage sent Seville ships shore sovereigns Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit tion took trees various Vega vessel village voyage wind wonder
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Page 166 - ... and splendid dress of the Spaniards. The admiral particularly attracted their attention, from his commanding height, his air of authority, his dress of scarlet, and the deference which was paid him by his companions; all which pointed him out to be the commander.
Page 90 - Is there any one so foolish," he asks, " as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upward, and their heads hanging down ? That there is a part of the world in which all things are topsyturvy : where the trees grow with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails and snows upward ? The idea of the roundness of the earth...
Page 161 - The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta keeping the lead, from her superior sailing.
Page 165 - Their veering about, apparently without effort, and the shifting and furling of their sails, resembling huge wings, filled them with astonishment. When they beheld their boats approach the shore, and a number of strange beings clad in glittering steel or raiment of various colors landing upon the beach, they fled in affright to the woods.
Page 162 - ... before him, covered with darkness ! That it was fruitful, was evident from the vegetables which floated from its shores. He thought, too, that he perceived in the balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves.
Page 170 - It still retains the name of San Salvador, which he gave to it, though called by the English Cat Island. The light which he had seen the evening previous to his making land may have been on Watling's island, •which lies a few leagues to the east. San Salvador is one of the great cluster of the Lucayos or Bahama islands, which stretch southeast and northwest from the coast of Florida to Hispaniola, covering the northern coast of Cuba.
Page 167 - Their hair was not crisped, like the recently-discovered tribes of the African coast, under the same latitude, but straight and coarse, partly cut short above the ears, but some locks were left long behind and falling upon their shoulders. Their features, though obscured and disfigured by paint, were agreeable ; they had lofty foreheads and remarkably fine eyes. They were of moderate stature and well shaped...
Page 79 - ... gracing, as it did, a wonderful firmness of purpose, and earnestness of spirit. Though strongly attached to her husband, and studious of his fame, yet she always maintained her distinct rights as an allied prince. She exceeded him in beauty, in personal dignity, in acuteness of genius, and in grandeur of soul. ' Combining the active and resolute qualities of man with the softer charities of woman, she mingled in the...
Page 283 - ... him. His entrance into this noble city has been compared to one of those triumphs which the Romans were accustomed to decree to conquerors. First were paraded the Indians, painted according to their savage fashion, and decorated with...
Page 157 - Nina, however, being a good sailer, pressed forward to ascertain the fact. In a little while a flag was hoisted at her mast-head, and a gun discharged, being the preconcerted signals for land. New • joy was awakened throughout the little squadron, and every eye was turned to the west. As they advanced, however, their cloud-built hopes faded away, and before evening the fancied land had again melted into air.69 The crews now sank into a degree of dejection proportioned to their recent excitement;...