An Historical, Topographical, and Statistical View of the United States of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Том 1J. Ridgway, 1819 |
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... force of this united evidence , arifing from theoretical princi- ples and practical obfervations , led Columbus to expect the discovery of new countries in the Western Ocean , other reafons induced him to be- lieve that these must be ...
... force of this united evidence , arifing from theoretical princi- ples and practical obfervations , led Columbus to expect the discovery of new countries in the Western Ocean , other reafons induced him to be- lieve that these must be ...
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... force to large boats . This fquadron , if it merits that name , was victualled for twelve months , and had on board ninety men , moftly failors , together with a few adventurers who followed the fortune of Columbus , and fome gentle ...
... force to large boats . This fquadron , if it merits that name , was victualled for twelve months , and had on board ninety men , moftly failors , together with a few adventurers who followed the fortune of Columbus , and fome gentle ...
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... force to adopt a measure on which their common fafety depended . Some of the more audacious propofed , as the moft expeditious and certain method for getting rid at once of his remonstrances , to throw him into the fea , being perfuaded ...
... force to adopt a measure on which their common fafety depended . Some of the more audacious propofed , as the moft expeditious and certain method for getting rid at once of his remonstrances , to throw him into the fea , being perfuaded ...
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... force ; impatience , rage , and defpair , appeared in every countenance . All fenfe of fubordination was loft : the officers , who had hitherto concurred with Columbus in opinion , and fupported his authority , now took part with the ...
... force ; impatience , rage , and defpair , appeared in every countenance . All fenfe of fubordination was loft : the officers , who had hitherto concurred with Columbus in opinion , and fupported his authority , now took part with the ...
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... force of their fpears , and the operation of their crofs - bows . Thefe rude people , ftrangers to the ufe of iron , and un- acquainted with any hoftile weapons , but arrows of reeds pointed with the bones of fishes , wooden fwords ...
... force of their fpears , and the operation of their crofs - bows . Thefe rude people , ftrangers to the ufe of iron , and un- acquainted with any hoftile weapons , but arrows of reeds pointed with the bones of fishes , wooden fwords ...
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