An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States: And of the European Settlement in America and the West-Indies, Volume 1 |
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... fame track , had brought them only to the equator , and it was propable that as many more would elapfe before they could accomplish their purpose , had not COLUMBUS , by an uncommon exertion of genius , formed a defign no lefs ...
... fame track , had brought them only to the equator , and it was propable that as many more would elapfe before they could accomplish their purpose , had not COLUMBUS , by an uncommon exertion of genius , formed a defign no lefs ...
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... fame confident hopes of fuccefs as formerly , and infifted upon the the fame high recompence . He propofed that a fmall DISCOVERY OF AMERICA . 13.
... fame confident hopes of fuccefs as formerly , and infifted upon the the fame high recompence . He propofed that a fmall DISCOVERY OF AMERICA . 13.
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... fame high recompence . He propofed that a fmall fleet fhould be fitted out , under his command , to attempt the difcovery , and demanded to be appointed hereditary admiral and viceroy of all the feas and lands which he fhould difcover ...
... fame high recompence . He propofed that a fmall fleet fhould be fitted out , under his command , to attempt the difcovery , and demanded to be appointed hereditary admiral and viceroy of all the feas and lands which he fhould difcover ...
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... fame latitude with the Canary islands . In this courfe he came within the sphere of the trade wind , which blows invariably from caft to weft , between the tropics and a few degrees beyond them . He advanced before this fteady gale with ...
... fame latitude with the Canary islands . In this courfe he came within the sphere of the trade wind , which blows invariably from caft to weft , between the tropics and a few degrees beyond them . He advanced before this fteady gale with ...
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... fame favours ; removed all their fears , and induced many of them to repair to the harbour . The ftrange objects which they beheld , and the baubles , which Columbus beftowed upon them , amply gratified their curiofity and their wifhes ...
... fame favours ; removed all their fears , and induced many of them to repair to the harbour . The ftrange objects which they beheld , and the baubles , which Columbus beftowed upon them , amply gratified their curiofity and their wifhes ...
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