An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volume 1 |
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... small flature . They were armed with bows and arrows , and had leathern canoes , fuch as they have at prefent . All this is probable ; nor fhould the tale of the Ger- man , called Tuckil , one of the crew , invalidate the account . He ...
... small flature . They were armed with bows and arrows , and had leathern canoes , fuch as they have at prefent . All this is probable ; nor fhould the tale of the Ger- man , called Tuckil , one of the crew , invalidate the account . He ...
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... small space . There appears , no reason to doubt of the difcovery ; but as the land was never colonized , nor any advantages made of it , it may fairly be conjectured , that they reached no farther than the barren country of Labrador ...
... small space . There appears , no reason to doubt of the difcovery ; but as the land was never colonized , nor any advantages made of it , it may fairly be conjectured , that they reached no farther than the barren country of Labrador ...
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... small squadron , fitted out at his own expence , and by cruifing fometimes against the Mahometans , fome- times against the Venetians , the rivals of his country in trade , had ac quired both wealth and reputation . With him Columbus ...
... small squadron , fitted out at his own expence , and by cruifing fometimes against the Mahometans , fome- times against the Venetians , the rivals of his country in trade , had ac quired both wealth and reputation . With him Columbus ...
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... small fum to equip him for the jour- ney . As there was now a certain profpect , that the war with the Moors would fpeedily be brought to an happy iffue by the reduction of Gra- nada , which would leave the nation at liberty to engage ...
... small fum to equip him for the jour- ney . As there was now a certain profpect , that the war with the Moors would fpeedily be brought to an happy iffue by the reduction of Gra- nada , which would leave the nation at liberty to engage ...
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... a creature refembling a rabbit , but of a much smaller fize ; that they had obferved some ornaments of gold among the people , but of no great value . Thefe 1 Thefe meffengers had prevailed with fome of the natives 26 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
... a creature refembling a rabbit , but of a much smaller fize ; that they had obferved some ornaments of gold among the people , but of no great value . Thefe 1 Thefe meffengers had prevailed with fome of the natives 26 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
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