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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... 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 opposite to that which Columbus recommended , as ...
... 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 opposite to that which Columbus recommended , as ...
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... person to Ferdinand and Isabella , who at that time governed the united kingdoms of Castile and Arragon . But as he had already ex- perienced the uncertain issue of applications to kings and ministers , he took the precaution of sending ...
... person to Ferdinand and Isabella , who at that time governed the united kingdoms of Castile and Arragon . But as he had already ex- perienced the uncertain issue of applications to kings and ministers , he took the precaution of sending ...
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... person to sup- pose that he alone possessed knowledge superior to all the rest of mankind united ; that if there were really any such countries as Columbus pretended , they could not have remained so long concealed , nor would the ...
... person to sup- pose that he alone possessed knowledge superior to all the rest of mankind united ; that if there were really any such countries as Columbus pretended , they could not have remained so long concealed , nor would the ...
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... persons of inferior rank , and addressed the dukes of Medi- na , Sidonia , and Medina Celi , who , though subjects ... person . He had already made preparations for this purpose , and taken me disposal of his children during his absence ...
... persons of inferior rank , and addressed the dukes of Medi- na , Sidonia , and Medina Celi , who , though subjects ... person . He had already made preparations for this purpose , and taken me disposal of his children during his absence ...
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... persons of high rank , and interested them warmly in his cause . Ferdinand's distrustful prudence could not easily be overcome , he considered the project as extravagant and chimerical ; and in order at once to destroy the efforts of ...
... persons of high rank , and interested them warmly in his cause . Ferdinand's distrustful prudence could not easily be overcome , he considered the project as extravagant and chimerical ; and in order at once to destroy the efforts of ...
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