An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volumen 1Editor, 1795 |
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... called Tuckil , one of the crew , invalidate the account . He was one day miffing ; but foon returned , leaping and finging with all the extravagant marks of joy a bon vivant could fhow , on discovering the inebriating fruit of his ...
... called Tuckil , one of the crew , invalidate the account . He was one day miffing ; but foon returned , leaping and finging with all the extravagant marks of joy a bon vivant could fhow , on discovering the inebriating fruit of his ...
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... called the Pinta , Martin Pinzon was captain , and his brother Francis pilot . The third , named the Nigna , was under the command of Vincent Yanez Pinzon . These two were light veffels , hardly fuperior in burden or force to large ...
... called the Pinta , Martin Pinzon was captain , and his brother Francis pilot . The third , named the Nigna , was under the command of Vincent Yanez Pinzon . These two were light veffels , hardly fuperior in burden or force to large ...
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... called the inland which he had difcovered San Salvador . It is better known by the name of Guanabani , which the natives gave to it , and is one of that large cluster of iflands called the Lucaya or Bahama ifles . It is fituated above ...
... called the inland which he had difcovered San Salvador . It is better known by the name of Guanabani , which the natives gave to it , and is one of that large cluster of iflands called the Lucaya or Bahama ifles . It is fituated above ...
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... called it Cuba ; Columbus gave it the name of Juanna . He entered the mouth of a large river with his fquadron , and all the inhabitants fled to the mountains as he approached the fhore . But as he refolved to careen his fhips in that ...
... called it Cuba ; Columbus gave it the name of Juanna . He entered the mouth of a large river with his fquadron , and all the inhabitants fled to the mountains as he approached the fhore . But as he refolved to careen his fhips in that ...
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... called Hayti was fituated , in which that metal was more abundant than among them . Columbus ordered his fquadron to bend its courfe thither ; but Martin Alonso Pinzon , impatient to be the firft who should take poffeffion of the trea ...
... called Hayti was fituated , in which that metal was more abundant than among them . Columbus ordered his fquadron to bend its courfe thither ; but Martin Alonso Pinzon , impatient to be the firft who should take poffeffion of the trea ...
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