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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... hands of pirates , who stripped him of every thing , and detained him a pris- oher several years . At length he made his escape , and arrived in England , but in such extreme indigence , that he was compell- ed to employ a considerable ...
... hands of pirates , who stripped him of every thing , and detained him a pris- oher several years . At length he made his escape , and arrived in England , but in such extreme indigence , that he was compell- ed to employ a considerable ...
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... in order to raise as much money as would be wanted for making the necessary pre- parations for the voyage . Santangel transported with gratitude kissed the queen's hand , and rather than she should HISTORY OF AMERICA . 15.
... in order to raise as much money as would be wanted for making the necessary pre- parations for the voyage . Santangel transported with gratitude kissed the queen's hand , and rather than she should HISTORY OF AMERICA . 15.
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Richard Snowden. kissed the queen's hand , and rather than she should have recourse to such a mortifying expedient for procuring money , engaged to advance immediately the sum that was requisite . Columbus , ignorant of this change in ...
Richard Snowden. kissed the queen's hand , and rather than she should have recourse to such a mortifying expedient for procuring money , engaged to advance immediately the sum that was requisite . Columbus , ignorant of this change in ...
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... hands of the Prior , who joined his prayers to theirs for the suc- cess of an enterprize which he had so zealously patronized . Next morning , being the third day of August , in the year of our Lord 1492 , the fleet sailed a little ...
... hands of the Prior , who joined his prayers to theirs for the suc- cess of an enterprize which he had so zealously patronized . Next morning , being the third day of August , in the year of our Lord 1492 , the fleet sailed a little ...
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... hands . He attended to the motions of the tides and currents , watched the flights of birds , the appearance of fishes , of sea weeds , and every thing that floated upon the water , enter- ing every occurrence in his journal . Expecting ...
... hands . He attended to the motions of the tides and currents , watched the flights of birds , the appearance of fishes , of sea weeds , and every thing that floated upon the water , enter- ing every occurrence in his journal . Expecting ...
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