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... iron work from Acla , which was twenty - two leagues dis- tant ; and the third to forage the neighboring country for provisions . Scarcely was the timber felled and shaped for use when The Companions of Columbus . 21.
... iron work from Acla , which was twenty - two leagues dis- tant ; and the third to forage the neighboring country for provisions . Scarcely was the timber felled and shaped for use when The Companions of Columbus . 21.
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... region pointed out by the Indians as abounding in riches . Having passed about twenty leagues be- * Herrera , decad . ii . , lib . ii . , cap . 11 . yond the gulf of San Miguel the mariners were alarmed 24 Voyages and Discoveries of.
... region pointed out by the Indians as abounding in riches . Having passed about twenty leagues be- * Herrera , decad . ii . , lib . ii . , cap . 11 . yond the gulf of San Miguel the mariners were alarmed 24 Voyages and Discoveries of.
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... leagues in the sea opposite the east- ern coast of Yucatan . They brought tidings of another visit of white and bearded men to their shores , and one of them delivered a letter to Aguilar , which , being entirely naked , he con- cealed ...
... leagues in the sea opposite the east- ern coast of Yucatan . They brought tidings of another visit of white and bearded men to their shores , and one of them delivered a letter to Aguilar , which , being entirely naked , he con- cealed ...
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... leagues wide , but there was no alternative . Prevailing on the Indians to accompany him , he launched forth in the canoe and coasted the mainland until he came to the narrowest part of the strait , where it was but four leagues across ...
... leagues wide , but there was no alternative . Prevailing on the Indians to accompany him , he launched forth in the canoe and coasted the mainland until he came to the narrowest part of the strait , where it was but four leagues across ...
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... leagues distant , so as to be distinctly seen in the transparent atmosphere of the tropics . The Indians of the two islands frequently vis- ited each other , and in this way Juan Ponce re- ceived the usual intelligence , that the ...
... leagues distant , so as to be distinctly seen in the transparent atmosphere of the tropics . The Indians of the two islands frequently vis- ited each other , and in this way Juan Ponce re- ceived the usual intelligence , that the ...
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Acla Admiral afterwards Agueybanà Aguilar Alonso de Ojeda Alonzo Amerigo Vespucci ancient appears appointed arrived Bishop brother cacique Cape caravel Casas Christopher Christopher Columbus Christoval coast Codro Colombo colony Columbus command Cortez Cuba Darien death decad Diego Columbus discovered discovery Don Bartholomew Don Diego Drogeo enemy enterprise expedition father favor Ferdinand Fernando Fonseca Garabito gave Genoa gold Governor Guacanagari Herrera Hispaniola Hist historian Indians Indies inhabitants Isabella Juan Ponce Khan King land leagues letter lumbus maravedis Marco Polo ment Morales and Pizarro mountains natives night ocean Ojeda Ovando Oviedo Paria pearls Pedrarias Peter Martyr Pinzon Ponce de Leon port Porto Rico Portugal province received Redrawn remained river sailed San Domingo San Salvador savages sent Seville ships shores Sotomayor sovereigns Spain Spaniards Spanish Spotorno squadron supposed Taxmar tion Vasco Nuñez Venetian vessels voyage warriors World
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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...