 As Columbus supposed himself to have landed on an island at the extremity of India, he called the natives by the general appellation of Indians, which was universally adopted before the true nature of his discovery was known, and has since been extended...  The Works of Washington Irving... - Page 157by Washington Irving - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...age. LXXIX.—TIIE LANDING OF COLUMBUS—CowrnrczD. 1. As Cqjumbus supposed himself to have landed ou an island at the extremity of India, he called the...natives by the general appellation of Indians, which ivus universally adopted before the true nature of his discovery was knowu, and has since been extended... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...naked like her companions, and beautifully formed. 99 As Columbus supposed himself to have landed on au island at the extremity of India, he called the natives by the general appellation of Indanns, whieh was universally adopted before the true nature of his discovery was known, and has since... | |
 | Pierre-Gustave-Louis Borde - Spain - 1876 - 366 pages
...Voyages of Columbus, Look IV, chap. I, p. 95 : « As Columbus (à San-Salvador, à son premier voyage) supposed himself to have landed on an island at the...extended to all the aboriginals of the New World. » H. (Sir Walter Ralegh, Voyages to Guiana, p. 19.) This island is called by the people thereof Cairi,... | |
 | Pierre-Gustave-Louis Borde - Spain - 1876 - 370 pages
...Voyages of Columbus, Look IV, chap. I, p. 95 : « As Columbus (à San-Salvador, à son premier voyage) supposed himself to have landed on an island at the...before the true nature of his discovery was known, and bas since been extended to ail the aboriginals of the New World. » IL (Sir Walter Ralegh, Voyages... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1876 - 452 pages
...there was but one female with them, quite young, naked like her companions, and beautifully formed. As Columbus supposed himself to have landed on an...he called the natives by the general appellation of Indiaus, which was universally adopted before the true nature of his discovery was known, and luis... | |
 | Pierre-Gustave-Louis Borde - Spain - 1876 - 362 pages
...Voyages of Columbus, book IV, chap. I, p. 95 : ». As Columbus (à San-Salvador, à son premier voyage) supposed himself to have landed on an island at the...the natives by the general appellation of Indians, whichwas universally adopted before the true nature of bis discovery was known, and bas since been... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1877 - 364 pages
...swimming off to the vessels. Columbus named the island San Salvador, the title it still bears. As he supposed himself to have landed on an island at the extremity of India, he applied the term Indians to the aborigines he met, and the same has in consequence become general to... | |
 | William Henry Giles Kingston - Discoveries in geography - 1880 - 610 pages
...well shaped ; their foreheads lofty, and their eyes remarkably fine. As Columbus supposed that he had landed on an island at the extremity of India, he called the natives Indians, as the inhabitants of the New World have ever since been denominated. Their only arms were... | |
 | Francesco Tarducci - America - 1890 - 422 pages
...those enemies came from the continent to capture and make slaves of them."* As Columbus supposed he had landed on an island at the extremity of India, he called the natives of this little island by the general name of Indians.f That name was universally adopted, and extended... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1894 - 462 pages
...there was but one female with them, quite young, naked like her companions, and beautifully formed. As Columbus supposed himself to have landed on an...was known, and has since been extended to all the aborigines of the New World. The islanders were friendly and gentle. Their only arms were lances, hardened... | |
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