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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... sail to the west- ward , 10 Columbus sails from Palos , 18 Discovers land , one of the Bahama Islands , 22 Columbus returns to Spain , 30 Columbus proceeds on a second voyage , 32 Discovers one of the Leeward Islands , naming it Deseada ...
... sail to the west- ward , 10 Columbus sails from Palos , 18 Discovers land , one of the Bahama Islands , 22 Columbus returns to Spain , 30 Columbus proceeds on a second voyage , 32 Discovers one of the Leeward Islands , naming it Deseada ...
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... sailing directly towards the west , across the Atlantic ocean , new countries , which probably formed a part of the vast continent of India , must infal- libly be discovered . The spherical figure of the earth was known , and its ...
... sailing directly towards the west , across the Atlantic ocean , new countries , which probably formed a part of the vast continent of India , must infal- libly be discovered . The spherical figure of the earth was known , and its ...
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... sail under the banners of the republic , in quest of the new regions he expected to dis- cover . But Columbus had resided so many years in foreign parts that his countrymen were unacquainted with his abilities and character ; they ...
... sail under the banners of the republic , in quest of the new regions he expected to dis- cover . But Columbus had resided so many years in foreign parts that his countrymen were unacquainted with his abilities and character ; they ...
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... to struggle with other difficulties besides what was natural for him to expect from the nature of the undertaking . Fortunately for himself , and for the country which employed 18 HISTORY OF AMERICA . Columbus sails from Palos,
... to struggle with other difficulties besides what was natural for him to expect from the nature of the undertaking . Fortunately for himself , and for the country which employed 18 HISTORY OF AMERICA . Columbus sails from Palos,
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... seldom necessary to shift a sail . About four hundred leagues west of the Canaries the sea was so covered with weeds that it resembled a meadow of vast extent , and was in some places so thick as to impede HISTORY OF AMERICA . 19.
... seldom necessary to shift a sail . About four hundred leagues west of the Canaries the sea was so covered with weeds that it resembled a meadow of vast extent , and was in some places so thick as to impede HISTORY OF AMERICA . 19.
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