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... lights on the discovery of the New World ; and which reflected the greatest credit on the industry and activity of the learned editor . Still the whole presented rather a mass of rich materials for history , than a history itself . And ...
... lights on the discovery of the New World ; and which reflected the greatest credit on the industry and activity of the learned editor . Still the whole presented rather a mass of rich materials for history , than a history itself . And ...
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... lights of historic research ; endeavoring to ascertain the truth amid those con- tradictions which will inevitably occur , where several persons have recorded the same facts , viewing them from different points , and under the influence ...
... lights of historic research ; endeavoring to ascertain the truth amid those con- tradictions which will inevitably occur , where several persons have recorded the same facts , viewing them from different points , and under the influence ...
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... lights of geographical knowledge , a profound ignorance prevailed among the learned as to the western regions of the Atlantic ; its vast waters were re- garded with awe and wonder , seeming to bound the world as with a chaos , into ...
... lights of geographical knowledge , a profound ignorance prevailed among the learned as to the western regions of the Atlantic ; its vast waters were re- garded with awe and wonder , seeming to bound the world as with a chaos , into ...
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... light which was forever to distinguish the fifteenth century . During a long night of monkish bigotry and false learning , geography , with the other sciences , had been lost to the European nations . Fortunately it had not been lost to ...
... light which was forever to distinguish the fifteenth century . During a long night of monkish bigotry and false learning , geography , with the other sciences , had been lost to the European nations . Fortunately it had not been lost to ...
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... light , it seemed to call a new creation into existence , and broke , with all the charm of wonder , upon imaginative minds . They were surprised at their own ignorance of the world around them . Every step was discovery , for every ...
... light , it seemed to call a new creation into existence , and broke , with all the charm of wonder , upon imaginative minds . They were surprised at their own ignorance of the world around them . Every step was discovery , for every ...
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abounded accounts admiral Almirante Alonso de Ojeda anchored Andalusia appeared arrived Asia beautiful beheld boat cacique called canoes Cape caravel Caribs Casas Castilian cavaliers CHAPTER Cibao Cipango coast Colum Columbus gave command considered continued course court crew Cuba decad Diego discovered discovery distance enterprise expedition favorable Fernando fish forests fortress friar gave the name Genoa gold Granada Guacanagari harbor Herrera Hispaniola Hist honor Indians inhabitants Isabella island Juan kind king land leagues letter lofty los Palacios Lucayan lumbus Marco Polo mariners Martin Alonzo Pinzon mind Moguer monarch morning mountains natives Navarrete navigation night observed ocean Ojeda Oviedo Palos Peter Martyr Pinta Portugal Portuguese possession present princes Ptolemy queen received regions river royal sail savage sent Seville ships shore Spain Spaniards spirit supposed tion took trees unknown various vessel village voyage WASHINGTON IRVING wind wonderful
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Page 278 - ... the heathen for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession.
Page 150 - Sanchez of Segovia, and made the same inquiry. By the time the latter had ascended the round-house, the light had disappeared. They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams ; as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves...
Page 160 - 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 Btretch southeast and northwest, from the coast of Florida to Hispaniola, covering the northern coast of Cuba.
Page 157 - As Columbus supposed himself to have landed on an island at the extremity of India, he called the natives by the general appellation of Indians, which was universally adopted before the true nature of his discovery was known, and has since been extended to all the aboriginals of the New World.
Page 267 - ... forgotten. It has been shown that he suggested it to the Spanish sovereigns, at the time of first making his propositions, holding it forth as the great object to be effected by the profits of his discoveries. Flushed with the idea of the vast wealth now to accrue to himself, he made a vow to furnish within seven years an army, consisting of four thousand horse and fifty thousand foot, for the rescue of the holy sepulchre, and a similar force within the five following years.
Page 155 - Finding, however, that there was no attempt to pursue nor molest them, they gradually recovered from their terror, and approached the Spaniards with great awe, frequently prostrating themselves on the earth, and making signs of adoration. During the ceremonies of taking possession, they remained gazing in timid admiration at the complexion, the beards, the shining armor, and splendid dress of the Spaniards. The admiral particularly attracted their attention, from his commanding height, his air of...
Page 86 - They observed that in the Psalms the heavens are said to be extended like a hide,* that is, according to commentators, the curtain or covering of a tent, which, among the ancient pastoral nations, was formed of the hides of animals ; and that St. Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews, compares the heavens to a tabernacle, or tent, extended over the earth, which they thence inferred must be flat.
Page 149 - Beside a quantity of fresh weeds, such as grow in rivers, they saw a green fish of a kind which keeps about rocks ; then a branch of thorn with berries on it, and recently separated from the tree, floated by them ; then they picked up a reed, a small board, and, above all, a staff artificially carved.
Page 151 - What a bewildering crowd of conjectures must have thronged upon his mind as to the land which lay 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. The moving light which he had beheld had proved that it was the residence of man.
Page 155 - Some begged favors of him, as if he had already wealth and honors in his gift. Many abject spirits, who had outraged him by their insolence, now crouched at' his feet, begging pardon for all the trouble they had caused him, and promising the blindest obedience for the future.