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... port of Careta , situated to the west of Darien ; whence there was supposed to be the most convenient route across the mountains . A town called Acla had been founded at this port ; and the fortress was already erected , of which Lope ...
... port of Careta , situated to the west of Darien ; whence there was supposed to be the most convenient route across the mountains . A town called Acla had been founded at this port ; and the fortress was already erected , of which Lope ...
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Washington Irving. abound in gold . It was in front of the port called Rico , which subsequently gave its name to the island . The road to the town was up a mountain , through a dense forest , and so rugged and miry that it was the bane ...
Washington Irving. abound in gold . It was in front of the port called Rico , which subsequently gave its name to the island . The road to the town was up a mountain , through a dense forest , and so rugged and miry that it was the bane ...
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... port of St. Germain in the island of Porto Rico . He kept for some distance along the coast of His- paniola , and then stretching away to the north- ward , made for the Bahama Islands , and soon fell in with the first of the group . He ...
... port of St. Germain in the island of Porto Rico . He kept for some distance along the coast of His- paniola , and then stretching away to the north- ward , made for the Bahama Islands , and soon fell in with the first of the group . He ...
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... port when his trusty envoy , Juan Perez , likewise arrived . Guided by the sage old woman , he had succeeded in finding the long - sought - for Bimini . scribed it as being large , verdant , and covered with beautiful groves . There ...
... port when his trusty envoy , Juan Perez , likewise arrived . Guided by the sage old woman , he had succeeded in finding the long - sought - for Bimini . scribed it as being large , verdant , and covered with beautiful groves . There ...
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... port of San Domingo the coffin was con- veyed to the bay of Ocoa and there transferred to the ship San Lorenzo . It was accompanied by a portrait of Columbus , sent from Spain by the Duke of Veraguas , to be suspended close by the place ...
... port of San Domingo the coffin was con- veyed to the bay of Ocoa and there transferred to the ship San Lorenzo . It was accompanied by a portrait of Columbus , sent from Spain by the Duke of Veraguas , to be suspended close by the place ...
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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...