An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volumen 44T. Osborne, 1766 |
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... Indian tribes : it is not the moft opulent in this country ,, for befides the pillages it has fuffered , no mines are ... Indians . The bay of Carthagena is the first place in America at which the galleons are allowed to touch ; and thus ...
... Indian tribes : it is not the moft opulent in this country ,, for befides the pillages it has fuffered , no mines are ... Indians . The bay of Carthagena is the first place in America at which the galleons are allowed to touch ; and thus ...
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... Indians , and a confiderable number of Spaniards , of which his army was compofed , who perifhed with cold in paffing over the Cordillera Nevada , he arrived at Copoyapu , where the Indians , without trying the chance of war , fubmitted ...
... Indians , and a confiderable number of Spaniards , of which his army was compofed , who perifhed with cold in paffing over the Cordillera Nevada , he arrived at Copoyapu , where the Indians , without trying the chance of war , fubmitted ...
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... Indians of this kingdom con- fiderably retarded the reduction of it , and has always been the chief caufe why the Spanish fettlements here are fo little proportionate to the extent , fertility , and riches of the coun- try . The ...
... Indians of this kingdom con- fiderably retarded the reduction of it , and has always been the chief caufe why the Spanish fettlements here are fo little proportionate to the extent , fertility , and riches of the coun- try . The ...
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... Indians , it may be rec- koned a distinct country , and with it alfo may be included the ifland of Terra del Fogo ... Indian corn , and the Spaniards have introduced European corn and fruits , as well as cattle , of which laft there are ...
... Indians , it may be rec- koned a distinct country , and with it alfo may be included the ifland of Terra del Fogo ... Indian corn , and the Spaniards have introduced European corn and fruits , as well as cattle , of which laft there are ...
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... Indians by their avarice in dealing , and excited their refentment by the rigour of their proceed- ings . From the defenceless condition of the frontiers , their neighbours were encouraged to encroach upon their fettle- ments ; and the ...
... Indians by their avarice in dealing , and excited their refentment by the rigour of their proceed- ings . From the defenceless condition of the frontiers , their neighbours were encouraged to encroach upon their fettle- ments ; and the ...
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Página 44 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic majesty, and those of his most Christian majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Página 15 - The food of this creature is generally wild fruits ; and when he can find none on the ground, he 'looks out for a tree well loaded, which, with a great deal of pains, he climbs ; and, in order to...
Página 82 - ... are never feen in this hot climate, but hail is fometimes very large. The dews are here fo great within land, that in a morning the water drops from the leaves of the trees, as if it had rained ; and a man riding in the night, will find his cloaths and hair very wet in a fhort time ; but there are feldom any fogs in the plains or fandy places near the fea.
Página 9 - ... they take, efpecially if they are men of confequence, are treated with all manner of barbarity, fuch as burning, hewing them to pieces, tearing their bowels out...
Página 94 - Laurence, on condition that the fubjects of France do not exercife the faid fifhery but at the diftance of three leagues from all the coafts belonging to Great Britain, as well thofe of the continent, as thofe of the iflands fituated in the faid gulph St.
Página 14 - For doubtlefs this water is too fine and active for the ftomachs of the inhabitants ; and thus produces dyfenteries, the laft ftage of all other diftempers, and which the patient very feldom furvives. The...
Página 18 - Some of thefe pearls, though indeed but few, are fent to Europe, the greater part being carried to Lima ; where the demand for them is very great, being not only univerfally worn there by all perfons of rank, but alfo fent from thence into the inland parts of Peru.
Página 10 - Ruffian conqueft, they lived in perfect freedom, having no chief, being fubjedl to no law, nor paying any taxes ; the old men, or thofe who were remarkable for their bravery, bearing the principal authority in their villages, though none had any right to command, or in8i£t punifhment.
Página 74 - September, to take in provisions and •water, with great part of their lading, and for the convenience of returning to Spain in a body. A continual fair is held till their departure, which generally happens before the end of the month, when proclamation is made, forbidding any...