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... nature . " Ac- cording to his account , the prediction of Micer Codro held good with respect to Valenzuela , as it had in the case of Vasco Nuñez . The cap- tain died within the term in which he had sum- moned him to appear before the ...
... nature . " Ac- cording to his account , the prediction of Micer Codro held good with respect to Valenzuela , as it had in the case of Vasco Nuñez . The cap- tain died within the term in which he had sum- moned him to appear before the ...
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... natural beings , and could not be killed . A shrewd and sceptical cacique , named Brayoan , determined to put their immortality to the test . Hearing that a young Spaniard , named Salzedo , was passing through his lands , he sent a ...
... natural beings , and could not be killed . A shrewd and sceptical cacique , named Brayoan , determined to put their immortality to the test . Hearing that a young Spaniard , named Salzedo , was passing through his lands , he sent a ...
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... nature that they sank beneath them , and in a little while almost all the aboriginals disappeared from the island . Chapter VI . JUAN PONCE DE LEON HEARS OF A WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND MIRACULOUS FOUNTAIN . JUAN PONCE DE LEON resigned the ...
... nature that they sank beneath them , and in a little while almost all the aboriginals disappeared from the island . Chapter VI . JUAN PONCE DE LEON HEARS OF A WONDERFUL COUNTRY AND MIRACULOUS FOUNTAIN . JUAN PONCE DE LEON resigned the ...
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... nature , but that God hath no lesse reserved this prerogative to himself than to search the hearts of men , " etc.-P. Martyr , decad . ii . , cap . 10 , Lok's translation . Chapter V11 . CRUISE OF ponce de lEON IN SEARCH 90 Voyages and ...
... nature , but that God hath no lesse reserved this prerogative to himself than to search the hearts of men , " etc.-P. Martyr , decad . ii . , cap . 10 , Lok's translation . Chapter V11 . CRUISE OF ponce de lEON IN SEARCH 90 Voyages and ...
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... nature , and encountering the currents which sweep westward along these islands , and the trade- wind which accompanies them . For a long time he struggled with all kinds of difficulties and dangers ; and was obliged to remain up- wards ...
... nature , and encountering the currents which sweep westward along these islands , and the trade- wind which accompanies them . For a long time he struggled with all kinds of difficulties and dangers ; and was obliged to remain up- wards ...
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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...