A Universal History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole Period, from the Earliest Discoveries, Down to the Present Time : Giving a Description of the Western Country, Its Soil, Settlements, Increase of Population, &c : in Three Parts |
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... sailed from the port of Cadiz , on the 25th of September , 1493. When he arrived at Española , he had the affliction to find that all the Spaniards whom he had left there , amounting to thirty - six in number , had been put to death by ...
... sailed from the port of Cadiz , on the 25th of September , 1493. When he arrived at Española , he had the affliction to find that all the Spaniards whom he had left there , amounting to thirty - six in number , had been put to death by ...
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... sailed thence to Roanoke ; of this country he took possession , and on his return to England gave so splendid a descrip- tion of it , that Queen Elizabeth bestowed upon it the name of Virginia , in allusion to her being unmarried . In ...
... sailed thence to Roanoke ; of this country he took possession , and on his return to England gave so splendid a descrip- tion of it , that Queen Elizabeth bestowed upon it the name of Virginia , in allusion to her being unmarried . In ...
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... sailed from the Thames the 19th of December , 1606. At the time his instructions were given , three packages , sealed with the seal of the council , were delivered , one to Captain Newport , one to Captain Bartholomew Gosnald , and the ...
... sailed from the Thames the 19th of December , 1606. At the time his instructions were given , three packages , sealed with the seal of the council , were delivered , one to Captain Newport , one to Captain Bartholomew Gosnald , and the ...
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... sailed for England , leaving be hind him one bark , and about 100 persons , the only Eng lish then on the continent of America . Thus , about one hundred and ten years after this conti nent had been discovered by Cabot , and 22 years ...
... sailed for England , leaving be hind him one bark , and about 100 persons , the only Eng lish then on the continent of America . Thus , about one hundred and ten years after this conti nent had been discovered by Cabot , and 22 years ...
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... sailed up many of the great rivers to their falls . When we consider that he sailed above 300 miles in an open boat , when we contemplate the dangers and the hardships he encountered , and the fortitude , courage , and patience , with ...
... sailed up many of the great rivers to their falls . When we consider that he sailed above 300 miles in an open boat , when we contemplate the dangers and the hardships he encountered , and the fortitude , courage , and patience , with ...
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