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... established that men as far advanced as the present Eskimos followed the retreating ice cap of the last glacial epoch . In the absence of positive historical evidence , the origin of the native peoples of America is a mere matter of ...
... established that men as far advanced as the present Eskimos followed the retreating ice cap of the last glacial epoch . In the absence of positive historical evidence , the origin of the native peoples of America is a mere matter of ...
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... established . for a short The idea that America was but a projection of Asia possessed all the early explorers ; and indeed it was Searching two and a half centuries later ( 1741 ) before cut through Bering sailed from the Pacific Ocean ...
... established . for a short The idea that America was but a projection of Asia possessed all the early explorers ; and indeed it was Searching two and a half centuries later ( 1741 ) before cut through Bering sailed from the Pacific Ocean ...
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... the Pacific coast for three hundred miles . Two years later ( 1530 ) Guzman penetrated to the mouth of the Gulf of California and established the town 1528-1540 . ] Seven Cities of Cibola . 29 of 28 [ CH II . Era of Exploration .
... the Pacific coast for three hundred miles . Two years later ( 1530 ) Guzman penetrated to the mouth of the Gulf of California and established the town 1528-1540 . ] Seven Cities of Cibola . 29 of 28 [ CH II . Era of Exploration .
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... established in 1776. In Florida , after the extermination of the French Huguenot colony in 1564 , Spain made wholesale claims Spain's American possessions to all that region ; but Gourgues. 10 Spanish colonies (1492-1687), p.
... established in 1776. In Florida , after the extermination of the French Huguenot colony in 1564 , Spain made wholesale claims Spain's American possessions to all that region ; but Gourgues. 10 Spanish colonies (1492-1687), p.
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... establish a colony of French Protestants in Coligny's colony at Port Royal America which should be a refuge for his ... established themselves on St. John's River . The emigrants were a dissolute set , as emigrants were apt to be in an ...
... establish a colony of French Protestants in Coligny's colony at Port Royal America which should be a refuge for his ... established themselves on St. John's River . The emigrants were a dissolute set , as emigrants were apt to be in an ...
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Page 107 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 118 - In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c., haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie...
Page 143 - They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the...
Page 156 - ... the United Colonies of New England. 2. The said United Colonies for themselves and their posterities do jointly and severally hereby enter into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor upon all just occasions both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the Gospel and for their own mutual safety and welfare.
Page 71 - Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, as swellings, flixes, burning fevers, and by wars; and some departed suddenly. But for the most part they died of mere famine. There were never Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were, in this new discovered Virginia.
Page 147 - We, whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby.
Page 147 - We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together into a town fellowship, and such others whom they shall admit unto them, only in civil things.