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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... provinces beyond that river . As men are prone , and at liberty , to mag- nify what is remote or unknown , they represented them as regions of an immenfe extent . Ctefias affirmed that India was as large as all the rest of Afia ...
... provinces beyond that river . As men are prone , and at liberty , to mag- nify what is remote or unknown , they represented them as regions of an immenfe extent . Ctefias affirmed that India was as large as all the rest of Afia ...
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... provinces of Spain from which it had been long banished , to discover a new world , to which she might communicate the light and bleffings of divine truth ; that if now she did not decide instantly , the opportunity would be irre ...
... provinces of Spain from which it had been long banished , to discover a new world , to which she might communicate the light and bleffings of divine truth ; that if now she did not decide instantly , the opportunity would be irre ...
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... province of Andalusia . As the guardian Juan Perez , to whom Co- lumbus has already been fo much indebted , refided in the neighbour- hood of this place , he , by the influence of that good ecclefiaftic , as well as by his own ...
... province of Andalusia . As the guardian Juan Perez , to whom Co- lumbus has already been fo much indebted , refided in the neighbour- hood of this place , he , by the influence of that good ecclefiaftic , as well as by his own ...
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... province of discovery which they had hitherto deemed peculiarly their own , and in its first essay , not only rivalling but eclipfing their fame , Columbus was received with all the marks of diftinction due to a man who had performed ...
... province of discovery which they had hitherto deemed peculiarly their own , and in its first essay , not only rivalling but eclipfing their fame , Columbus was received with all the marks of diftinction due to a man who had performed ...
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... province , Columbus erected a small fort , to which he gave the name of St. Thomas , by way of ridicule upon some of his incredulous followers , who would not believe that the country produced gold , until they faw it with their own ...
... province , Columbus erected a small fort , to which he gave the name of St. Thomas , by way of ridicule upon some of his incredulous followers , who would not believe that the country produced gold , until they faw it with their own ...
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