The History of North and South America, from Its Discovery to the Death of General Washington, Volumes 1-2Benjamin Warner, and sold at his stores, Richmond, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, 1819 - America |
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Page 30
... cannon fired ; Columbus was received at landing with royal honours , and all the people accompanied him and his crew , in solemn proces- sion , to church , where they returned thanks to heaven , which had so wonderfully conducted , and ...
... cannon fired ; Columbus was received at landing with royal honours , and all the people accompanied him and his crew , in solemn proces- sion , to church , where they returned thanks to heaven , which had so wonderfully conducted , and ...
Page 79
... cannon , many of them fled , some fell on the ground and all were so much confounded at the sight of men , whose power , in their opinion , so nearly resembled the gods , that Cortes , with difficulty composed them . The ingenuity of ...
... cannon , many of them fled , some fell on the ground and all were so much confounded at the sight of men , whose power , in their opinion , so nearly resembled the gods , that Cortes , with difficulty composed them . The ingenuity of ...
Page 100
... cannon . This force was commanded by Pamphilo de Narvaez , with instructions to seize Cortes , and his principal officers , and send them prisoners to Cuba , and then to complete the conquest of the country in his 1 . name . Narvaez had ...
... cannon . This force was commanded by Pamphilo de Narvaez , with instructions to seize Cortes , and his principal officers , and send them prisoners to Cuba , and then to complete the conquest of the country in his 1 . name . Narvaez had ...
Page 103
... cannon before Sandoval's party closed with them , and drove them from their guns , and had begun to force their way up the steps of the tower . Narvaez , as brave in action as pre- sumtuous in conduct , armed himself in haste , and by ...
... cannon before Sandoval's party closed with them , and drove them from their guns , and had begun to force their way up the steps of the tower . Narvaez , as brave in action as pre- sumtuous in conduct , armed himself in haste , and by ...
Page 116
... cannon , and a fresh supply of arms and ammunition . Elevated with this addi- tional strength , Cortes was impatient ... cannon , and fifteen field - pieces . He reserved for himself , as the station of the greatest importance and danger ...
... cannon , and a fresh supply of arms and ammunition . Elevated with this addi- tional strength , Cortes was impatient ... cannon , and fifteen field - pieces . He reserved for himself , as the station of the greatest importance and danger ...
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