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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... favour with which Columbus had lately been honoured , encouraged his friends to appear with greater confi- dence than formerly , in support of his scheme . Of these , Alonzo de Quintanilla , comptroller of the finances in Castile , and ...
... favour with which Columbus had lately been honoured , encouraged his friends to appear with greater confi- dence than formerly , in support of his scheme . Of these , Alonzo de Quintanilla , comptroller of the finances in Castile , and ...
Page 16
... favour , had proceeded some leagues on his journey , when the messenger overtook him . Upon receiving the account so flattering to his hopes , he returned directly to Santa Fé , not without some diffidence mingling with his joy . But ...
... favour , had proceeded some leagues on his journey , when the messenger overtook him . Upon receiving the account so flattering to his hopes , he returned directly to Santa Fé , not without some diffidence mingling with his joy . But ...
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... favours . Their fears being re- moved , many of them repaired to the harbour . Here their curi- osity and wishes were amply gratified . They nearly resembled the other natives they had already seen , naked , ignorant , and simple ...
... favours . Their fears being re- moved , many of them repaired to the harbour . Here their curi- osity and wishes were amply gratified . They nearly resembled the other natives they had already seen , naked , ignorant , and simple ...
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... favour . Columbus now found it ne- cessary , from the eagerness which his men shewed to visit their native country , and the crazy condition of his ships , to hasten his return to Europe . With this view , on the sixteenth of January ...
... favour . Columbus now found it ne- cessary , from the eagerness which his men shewed to visit their native country , and the crazy condition of his ships , to hasten his return to Europe . With this view , on the sixteenth of January ...
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... the papal throne at that time : as he was born Ferdinand's subject , and solicitous to procure that monarch's protection , in prosecuting his ambitious schemes , in favour 32 HISTORY OF AMERICA . Columbus proceeds on a second voyage,
... the papal throne at that time : as he was born Ferdinand's subject , and solicitous to procure that monarch's protection , in prosecuting his ambitious schemes , in favour 32 HISTORY OF AMERICA . Columbus proceeds on a second voyage,
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