A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological, the Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the WorldR. P. Forster Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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... effect instantaneously . Sailors , unaccustomed to quit sight of land , durst not launch at once and commit themselves to unknown seas . Accordingly , near half a century elapsed before naviga tors ventured to proceed much beyond the ...
... effect instantaneously . Sailors , unaccustomed to quit sight of land , durst not launch at once and commit themselves to unknown seas . Accordingly , near half a century elapsed before naviga tors ventured to proceed much beyond the ...
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... effect ; and that it was impossible to rekindle any zeal for the success of the expe- dition among men in whose breasts fear had extinguished every generous sentiment . He saw that it was no less vain to think of employing either gentle ...
... effect ; and that it was impossible to rekindle any zeal for the success of the expe- dition among men in whose breasts fear had extinguished every generous sentiment . He saw that it was no less vain to think of employing either gentle ...
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... effects , being now consi- dered as lawful plunder , were seized without remorse , and their houses destroyed . A sufficient quantity of bread was found to supply the wants of the ships ; and in some of the dwellings , which were all ...
... effects , being now consi- dered as lawful plunder , were seized without remorse , and their houses destroyed . A sufficient quantity of bread was found to supply the wants of the ships ; and in some of the dwellings , which were all ...
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... effect , that tranquillity was restored throughout the whole island , both among the settlers and natives . About this time , gold mines of the most superior richness were dis- covered ; and every person began to labour in them on his ...
... effect , that tranquillity was restored throughout the whole island , both among the settlers and natives . About this time , gold mines of the most superior richness were dis- covered ; and every person began to labour in them on his ...
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... effect of thunder . On this one of the great guns was loaded with shot , and the ball falling in the midst of a party assembled on a hillock , convinced them that they had something more than noise to apprehend . Ever after they kept ...
... effect of thunder . On this one of the great guns was loaded with shot , and the ball falling in the midst of a party assembled on a hillock , convinced them that they had something more than noise to apprehend . Ever after they kept ...
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admiral Almagro America anchor appeared arms arrived ashore attack Barbadoes barge boat body brigantines called canoe captain Carlisle bay carried cazique climate coast colonel Fourgeoud colony Columbus command continued Cortes creek crown of Castile Cuba danger Devil's Harwar discovered Drake endeavoured enemy European expedition favourable fire fleet friends gave gold governor Guacanagari hammock hand harbour head Hispaniola honour hopes immediately Inca Indians inhabitants instantly island Joanna land leagues Mexicans Montezuma morning mountains mulatto musquitoes natives negroes never night Nombre de Dios obliged observed officers Panama Paramaribo party person Peru pinnaces Pizarro poor Porto Bello Portsmouth present provisions Quito rebels received returned river round rowed sailed sailors seemed sent ship shore situation slaves soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish Stedman Surinam surprize Symerons tion took town trees troops vessel voyage whole wind woods wounded
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Страница 17 - ... of his well-concerted plan: and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another, they now pronounced the man whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by Heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than human, in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conception of all former ages.
Страница 18 - Spaniards, the whiteness of their skins, their beards, their arms, appeared strange and surprising. The vast machines in which they had traversed the ocean, that seemed to move upon the waters with wings, and uttered a dreadful sound resembling thunder, accompanied with lightning and smoke, struck them with such terror that they began to respect their new guests as a superior order of beings, and concluded that they were children of the sun, who had descended to visit the earth.
Страница 17 - De'um,™ as a hymn of thanksgiving to God, and were joined by those of the other ships, with tears of joy and transports of congratulation. This office of gratitude to Heaven was followed by an act of justice to their commander. They threw themselves at the feet of Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation mingled with reverence.
Страница 16 - ... lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes ; all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had been so long the object of their wishes.
Страница 17 - European who set foot in the new world which he had discovered. He landed in a rich dress, and with a naked sword in his hand. His men followed, and kneeling down, they all kissed the ground which they had so long desired to see. They next erected a crucifix, and prostrating themselves before it, returned thanks to God for conducting their voyage to such a happy issue.
Страница 12 - They were now in a boundless and unknown ocean, far from the usual course of navigation ; nature itself seemed to be altered, and the only guide which they had left was about to fail them. Columbus, with no less quickness than ingenuity, invented a reason for this appearance...
Страница 16 - As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled. From every ship an island was seen about two leagues to the north, whose flat and verdant fields, well stored with wood, and watered with many rivulets, presented the aspect of a delightful country. The crew of the Pinta instantly began the Te Deum...
Страница 13 - Columbus, neither his own pilot nor those of the other ships had skill sufficient to correct this error and discover the deceit. They had now been above three weeks at sea ; they had proceeded far beyond what former navigators had attempted or deemed possible; all their prognostics of discovery, drawn from the flight of birds and other circumstances, had proved fallacious ; the appearances of land, with which their own credulity...
Страница 17 - The Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded by many of the natives, who gazed in silent admiration upon actions which they could not comprehend, and of which they did not foresee the consequences.
Страница 14 - Columbus was fully sensible of his perilous situation. He had observed, with great uneasiness, the fatal operation of ignorance and of fear in producing disaffection among his crew, and saw that it was now ready to burst out into open mutiny. He retained, however, perfect presence of mind. He affected to seem ignorant of their machinations. Notwithstanding the agitation and solicitude of his own mind, he appeared with a cheerful countenance, like a man satisfied with the progress which he had made,...