Works, Volumen13G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1891 |
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... four thousand ducats . * Such was the cupidity of the colonists that the sight of these pearls and the reputed wealth of the islands of the Southern Sea and the kingdoms on its borders made far greater im- pression on the public mind ...
... four thousand ducats . * Such was the cupidity of the colonists that the sight of these pearls and the reputed wealth of the islands of the Southern Sea and the kingdoms on its borders made far greater im- pression on the public mind ...
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... four brigan- tines to be launched into the South Sea . The timber was felled on the Atlantic seaboard ; and was then , with the anchors and rigging , transported across the lofty ridge of mountains . to the opposite shores of the ...
... four brigan- tines to be launched into the South Sea . The timber was felled on the Atlantic seaboard ; and was then , with the anchors and rigging , transported across the lofty ridge of mountains . to the opposite shores of the ...
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... four brigantines and three hundred men at my command , and on the point of exploring the great Southern ocean . " At this fated juncture , says the chroniclers , arrived the hypocritical letter of Pedrarias , in- viting him to an ...
... four brigantines and three hundred men at my command , and on the point of exploring the great Southern ocean . " At this fated juncture , says the chroniclers , arrived the hypocritical letter of Pedrarias , in- viting him to an ...
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... four ships ready to weigh anchor , three hundred brave men at my com- mand , and an open sea before me . What had I to do but to spread sail and press forward ? There was no doubt of finding a land , whether rich or poor , sufficient ...
... four ships ready to weigh anchor , three hundred brave men at my com- mand , and an open sea before me . What had I to do but to spread sail and press forward ? There was no doubt of finding a land , whether rich or poor , sufficient ...
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... four of his companions were singled out by the cacique on account of their improved condition , to be offered up to his idols . The natives of this coast in fact were cannibals , devouring the flesh of their enemies and of such ...
... four of his companions were singled out by the cacique on account of their improved condition , to be offered up to his idols . The natives of this coast in fact were cannibals , devouring the flesh of their enemies and of such ...
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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...