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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... enemy's ships , to which it was fast grappled . In this dreadful extremity his intrepidity and presence of mind did not forsake him ; for throwing himself into the sea , and lay- ing hold of a floating oar , by his own dexterity in ...
... enemy's ships , to which it was fast grappled . In this dreadful extremity his intrepidity and presence of mind did not forsake him ; for throwing himself into the sea , and lay- ing hold of a floating oar , by his own dexterity in ...
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... enemy no less formidable , opposed him ; the persons to whose decision his project was referred were the chief directors of the Portuguese navigation , and had advised to search for a passage to India by steering a course directly ...
... enemy no less formidable , opposed him ; the persons to whose decision his project was referred were the chief directors of the Portuguese navigation , and had advised to search for a passage to India by steering a course directly ...
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... enemies taken in war . Columbus , eager to know the state of the colony he had left , proceeded directly to Hispaniola . When he arrived off Navidad , where he had left the thirty - eight men under the command of Arada , he was ...
... enemies taken in war . Columbus , eager to know the state of the colony he had left , proceeded directly to Hispaniola . When he arrived off Navidad , where he had left the thirty - eight men under the command of Arada , he was ...
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... enemies : he must produce such a quantity of gold , as would justify his reports , with respect to the richness of the coun- try : the necessity of obtaining it , forced him not only to imppose this heavy tax upon the Indians , but to ...
... enemies : he must produce such a quantity of gold , as would justify his reports , with respect to the richness of the coun- try : the necessity of obtaining it , forced him not only to imppose this heavy tax upon the Indians , but to ...
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Richard Snowden. By the influence of his enemies , Aguado , a groom of the bed chamber , was made choice of , upon this occasion ; a man whose capacity was by no means fit for the station . Puffed up with such sudden and unexpected ...
Richard Snowden. By the influence of his enemies , Aguado , a groom of the bed chamber , was made choice of , upon this occasion ; a man whose capacity was by no means fit for the station . Puffed up with such sudden and unexpected ...
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