The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information. In five volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].James Carpenter, ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, ... White, Cochrane and Company and Murray, ... London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge., 1814 - America |
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... covered with herbage and trees . It is at no great distance from the city of Santiago . PADAMO , a river of the province and govern- ment of Guayana , which rises in the interior of the same , between the rivers Caura and Orinoco , and ...
... covered with herbage and trees . It is at no great distance from the city of Santiago . PADAMO , a river of the province and govern- ment of Guayana , which rises in the interior of the same , between the rivers Caura and Orinoco , and ...
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... covered with snow , of the kingdom of Quito one of those chosen by the acade- micians of the sciences at Paris , who visited this kingdom to measure one of the degrees of the equator , on which to make their observations . On it are ...
... covered with snow , of the kingdom of Quito one of those chosen by the acade- micians of the sciences at Paris , who visited this kingdom to measure one of the degrees of the equator , on which to make their observations . On it are ...
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... covered as he was with perfections , the shafts of calumny and malice . 6. Pedro de Casaos , native of Sevilla , who , with the title of corregidor of Panamá , was no- minated by the king to govern it . In his time occurred the ...
... covered as he was with perfections , the shafts of calumny and malice . 6. Pedro de Casaos , native of Sevilla , who , with the title of corregidor of Panamá , was no- minated by the king to govern it . In his time occurred the ...
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... the figure of a very regular truncated cone ' ; and on the s . side it is washed by the river Callo ; and may be well dis- covered by the height of Tio - pullu , and from the llanura of Mula - haló , as you proceed along PAN 23 PAN.
... the figure of a very regular truncated cone ' ; and on the s . side it is washed by the river Callo ; and may be well dis- covered by the height of Tio - pullu , and from the llanura of Mula - haló , as you proceed along PAN 23 PAN.
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... covered with woods , in which are a variety of birds and quadrupeds . All of them run into the Marañon . The islands of Joanes or Marajo , of Cahete and others , be- long to this district . [ The trade ( observes Mr. Andrew Grant ) be ...
... covered with woods , in which are a variety of birds and quadrupeds . All of them run into the Marañon . The islands of Joanes or Marajo , of Cahete and others , be- long to this district . [ The trade ( observes Mr. Andrew Grant ) be ...
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abounding alcaldía mayor America annexed bishopric Brazil Buenos Ayres called Cape capital Carolina Cartagena cattle church coast contains cotton County cultivated Cumaná curacy dians district and alcaldía Domingo enters the sea families of Indians fertile formed former French Guayana harbour head settle head settlement inhabitants Jesuits jurisdiction king kingdom of Chile kingdom of Nueva kingdom of Quito kingdom of Tierra lake land Las Amazonas Lima maize ment Mexico miles n. w. mountains mouth Mulattoes Mustees native navigable Nueva España Nuevo Reyno Panamá Paraguay Pedro Peru Popayán port province and captainship province and corregimiento province and go province and government regimiento Reyno de Granada rises runs San Francisco San Juan Santa Fé Santa Maria Santiago Santo shore side sierra situate small river Spaniards Straits of Magellan tains territory three leagues Tierra Firme tlement town township Tucumán Tunja vernment vessels woods
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Page 176 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 176 - Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 176 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 66 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 67 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Page 183 - The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years and that amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Plato's and other ancients applauded by some of later times; that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing; as if they were wiser than God.
Page 176 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have...
Page 548 - The lands at all other places in possession of the French people and other white settlers among them, of which the Indian title has been extinguished as mentioned in the 3d article ; and 4th.
Page 548 - States relinquish their claims to all other Indian lands northward of the river Ohio, eastward of the Mississippi, and westward and southward of the Great Lakes and the waters uniting them, according to the boundary line agreed on by the United States and the King of Great Britain, in the treaty of peace made between them in the year 1783.
Page 67 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.