American Biography, Том 1Harper & Bro., 1843 |
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... all the coasts of Africa . † However this might be , there is no doubt that * See Numbers , ch . xxxi . , v . 22 . t Forster's History of Voyages and Discoveries , p . 7 . he opened or revived a commercial inter- course with India.
... all the coasts of Africa . † However this might be , there is no doubt that * See Numbers , ch . xxxi . , v . 22 . t Forster's History of Voyages and Discoveries , p . 7 . he opened or revived a commercial inter- course with India.
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... vessels or their mode of sailing , to warrant a doubt of the * Robertson's America , vol . i . , p . 15 . + Ibid . , p . 14 . VOL . I. - D ability of their ships or seamen to perform a voyage PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . 37.
... vessels or their mode of sailing , to warrant a doubt of the * Robertson's America , vol . i . , p . 15 . + Ibid . , p . 14 . VOL . I. - D ability of their ships or seamen to perform a voyage PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION . 37.
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... doubt can yet remain , it may be entirely removed by the recollection of a voyage performed in the year 1789 by Lieutenant Bligh , of the British navy ; who , being turned adrift by his mutinous crew , traversed the South Pacific Ocean ...
... doubt can yet remain , it may be entirely removed by the recollection of a voyage performed in the year 1789 by Lieutenant Bligh , of the British navy ; who , being turned adrift by his mutinous crew , traversed the South Pacific Ocean ...
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... doubts concerning the possibility of sailing round Africa , or absolutely denied it . " * That the Roman geographers and his- torians did doubt and disbelieve the story is very evident ; and the causes are not far to be sought . The ...
... doubts concerning the possibility of sailing round Africa , or absolutely denied it . " * That the Roman geographers and his- torians did doubt and disbelieve the story is very evident ; and the causes are not far to be sought . The ...
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... doubts and the infidelity of the Roman philosophers , and the great deference paid to them by this learned and cautious inquirer , there is one circum- stance which almost convinced him of the reality of Necho's voyage as related by Her ...
... doubts and the infidelity of the Roman philosophers , and the great deference paid to them by this learned and cautious inquirer , there is one circum- stance which almost convinced him of the reality of Necho's voyage as related by Her ...
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