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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Page 31
... fecurity against their attacks . He inftantly offered him the affiftance of the Spa- niards to repel his enemies ; he engaged to take him and his people under the protection of the powerful monarch whom he ferved , and offered to leave ...
... fecurity against their attacks . He inftantly offered him the affiftance of the Spa- niards to repel his enemies ; he engaged to take him and his people under the protection of the powerful monarch whom he ferved , and offered to leave ...
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... fecurity of the Colony , he left Navidad on the fourth of January , one thousand four hundred and ninety - three , and fteering towards the eaft , discovered , and gave names to most of the harbours on the northern coaft of the island ...
... fecurity of the Colony , he left Navidad on the fourth of January , one thousand four hundred and ninety - three , and fteering towards the eaft , discovered , and gave names to most of the harbours on the northern coaft of the island ...
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... fecurity as if their conduct had been altogether inoffenfive . He then affembled his fubjects , and furrounding the fort , fet it on fire . Some of the Spaniards were killed in defending it , the reft perished in attempting G to to make ...
... fecurity as if their conduct had been altogether inoffenfive . He then affembled his fubjects , and furrounding the fort , fet it on fire . Some of the Spaniards were killed in defending it , the reft perished in attempting G to to make ...
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... fecurity . This rifing city , the first that the Europeans founded in the New World , he named Ifabella , in honour of his patronefs the queen of Caftile . In carrying on this neceffary work , Columbus had not only to sustain all the ...
... fecurity . This rifing city , the first that the Europeans founded in the New World , he named Ifabella , in honour of his patronefs the queen of Caftile . In carrying on this neceffary work , Columbus had not only to sustain all the ...
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... fecurity , he called Porto Bello . He fearched , in vain , for the imaginary ftrait , through which he ex- pected to make his way into an unknown fea ; and though he went on fhore feveral times , and advanced into the country , he did ...
... fecurity , he called Porto Bello . He fearched , in vain , for the imaginary ftrait , through which he ex- pected to make his way into an unknown fea ; and though he went on fhore feveral times , and advanced into the country , he did ...
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