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... Hispaniola by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa for reinforce- ments and supplies for the colony . He set sail in a caravel and pursued his voyage prosperously until he arrived in sight of the island of Jamaica . Here he was encountered by one of ...
... Hispaniola by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa for reinforce- ments and supplies for the colony . He set sail in a caravel and pursued his voyage prosperously until he arrived in sight of the island of Jamaica . Here he was encountered by one of ...
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... Hispaniola , undertook to lay waste the great province of Higuey , which lay at the eastern end of Hayti , he sent as commander of part of the troops , a veteran soldier , named Juan Ponce de Leon . He was a native of Leon in Spain ...
... Hispaniola , undertook to lay waste the great province of Higuey , which lay at the eastern end of Hayti , he sent as commander of part of the troops , a veteran soldier , named Juan Ponce de Leon . He was a native of Leon in Spain ...
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... Hispaniola , but as it was supposed to exist in greater quantities , the Governor deter- mined on the subjugation of the island , and confided the enterprise to Juan Ponce de Leon . Chapter 11 . JUAN PONCE ASPIRES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ...
... Hispaniola , but as it was supposed to exist in greater quantities , the Governor deter- mined on the subjugation of the island , and confided the enterprise to Juan Ponce de Leon . Chapter 11 . JUAN PONCE ASPIRES TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ...
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... Hispaniola , whereupon he sallied forth boldly to take revenge upon those who had thus held him in a kind of durance . His foe Agueybanà was at that time encamped in his own territories with more than five thousand warriors , but in a ...
... Hispaniola , whereupon he sallied forth boldly to take revenge upon those who had thus held him in a kind of durance . His foe Agueybanà was at that time encamped in his own territories with more than five thousand warriors , but in a ...
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... Hispaniola there is one about 325 leagues distant , as they say which have searched the same , in the which is a con- tinual spring of running water , of such marvellous virtue , that the water thereof being drunk , perhaps with some ...
... Hispaniola there is one about 325 leagues distant , as they say which have searched the same , in the which is a con- tinual spring of running water , of such marvellous virtue , that the water thereof being drunk , perhaps with some ...
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Página 73 - ... same marvellous and inestimable qualities. Juan Ponce de Leon listened to these tales with fond credulity. He was advancing in life, and the ordinary term of existence seemed insufficient for his mighty plans. Could he but plunge into this marvellous fountain or gifted river, and come out with his battered, war-worn body restored to the strength and freshness and suppleness of youth, and his head still retaining the wisdom and knowledge of age, what enterprises might he not accomplish in the...
Página 74 - ... men young again. And here I must make protestation to your holiness not to think this to be said lightly or rashly, for they have so spread this rumor for a truth throughout all the court, that not only all the...
Página 352 - IN the name of the Most Holy Trinity, who inspired me with the idea, and afterwards made it perfectly clear to me, that I could navigate and go to the Indies from Spain, by traversing the ocean westwardly...