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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... island far beyond the pillars of Hercules , large , fertile , and finely watered with navigable rivers , but uninhabited . This island was diftant a few days failing from the Con- tinent ; its beauty induced the difcoverers to fettle ...
... island far beyond the pillars of Hercules , large , fertile , and finely watered with navigable rivers , but uninhabited . This island was diftant a few days failing from the Con- tinent ; its beauty induced the difcoverers to fettle ...
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... island , the Thule of the ancients , and advanced feveral degrees within the polar circle . Having satisfied his curiofity by a voyage which tended more to enlarge his knowledge of naval affairs , than to improve his fortune , he ...
... island , the Thule of the ancients , and advanced feveral degrees within the polar circle . Having satisfied his curiofity by a voyage which tended more to enlarge his knowledge of naval affairs , than to improve his fortune , he ...
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... island described by Plato , and supposed by many to be a real country , beyond which an unknown continent was fituated , is reprefented by him as lying at no great dif- tance from Spain . After weighing all thefe particulars , Columbus ...
... island described by Plato , and supposed by many to be a real country , beyond which an unknown continent was fituated , is reprefented by him as lying at no great dif- tance from Spain . After weighing all thefe particulars , Columbus ...
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... Islands , and arrived there , August 13 , 1492 , without any occur- rence that would have deserved notice on any other occafion . But , in a voyage of fuch expectation and importance , every circumftance was the object of attention ...
... Islands , and arrived there , August 13 , 1492 , without any occur- rence that would have deserved notice on any other occafion . But , in a voyage of fuch expectation and importance , every circumftance was the object of attention ...
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... islands . In this courfe he came within the fphere of the trade wind , which blows invariably from cast to west , between the tropics and a few degrees beyond them . He advanced before this fteady gale with fuch uniform rapidity , that ...
... islands . In this courfe he came within the fphere of the trade wind , which blows invariably from cast to west , between the tropics and a few degrees beyond them . He advanced before this fteady gale with fuch uniform rapidity , that ...
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