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... According to the assertions of contemporaries , this Garabito cherished a secret and vindictive enmity against his commander , arising from a simple but a natural cause . Vasco Nuñez had continued to have a fondness for the Indian ...
... According to the assertions of contemporaries , this Garabito cherished a secret and vindictive enmity against his commander , arising from a simple but a natural cause . Vasco Nuñez had continued to have a fondness for the Indian ...
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... According to his prophecy , I should now be in imminent peril of my life ; yet , here I am , within reach of all my wishes ; sound in health , with four brigantines and three hundred men at my command , and on the point of exploring the ...
... According to his prophecy , I should now be in imminent peril of my life ; yet , here I am , within reach of all my wishes ; sound in health , with four brigantines and three hundred men at my command , and on the point of exploring the ...
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... according to Las Casas , arose from a misconstruction on the part of the sentinel , who only heard a portion of their conversation , re- lating to their intention of sailing without wait- ing orders , in case a new governor should ...
... according to Las Casas , arose from a misconstruction on the part of the sentinel , who only heard a portion of their conversation , re- lating to their intention of sailing without wait- ing orders , in case a new governor should ...
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... according to the strict letter of the law . He therefore at length gave a reluctant verdict against Vasco Nuñez , but recommended him to mercy , on ac- count of his great services , or entreated that at least he might be permitted to ...
... according to the strict letter of the law . He therefore at length gave a reluctant verdict against Vasco Nuñez , but recommended him to mercy , on ac- count of his great services , or entreated that at least he might be permitted to ...
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... according to the express sovereigns and his father . consent of historians to integrity , of respectable talents , and of a frank and generous nature . Herrera speaks repeatedly of the gen- tleness and urbanity of his manners , and ...
... according to the express sovereigns and his father . consent of historians to integrity , of respectable talents , and of a frank and generous nature . Herrera speaks repeatedly of the gen- tleness and urbanity of his manners , and ...
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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...