Peter Parley's Pictorial History of North and South AmericaPeter Parley publishing Company, W. W. House, 1868 - 944 էջ |
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... authority , had exploded the existence of the antipodes ! Columbus did not find it very difficult to dissipate the prejudices of the unlet- tered , with arguments at one time , the testimonies of writers at an- other , and the ...
... authority , had exploded the existence of the antipodes ! Columbus did not find it very difficult to dissipate the prejudices of the unlet- tered , with arguments at one time , the testimonies of writers at an- other , and the ...
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... authority and jurisdiction annexed to both . He was encouraged and favored by cardinal D. Pedro Gonzalez de Men- doza , the first minister of the crown , who , at the request of Fray Juan Perez and the minister of finance , Quintanilla ...
... authority and jurisdiction annexed to both . He was encouraged and favored by cardinal D. Pedro Gonzalez de Men- doza , the first minister of the crown , who , at the request of Fray Juan Perez and the minister of finance , Quintanilla ...
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... authority of nominating three persons to the special government of every island or province ; the appoint- ment to be at the choice of the king . 3. He and his lieutenants were to hear and determine all suits in law , arising out of the ...
... authority of nominating three persons to the special government of every island or province ; the appoint- ment to be at the choice of the king . 3. He and his lieutenants were to hear and determine all suits in law , arising out of the ...
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... authority of the brothers Pinzon , rich ship - owners , and well skilled in nautical affairs , who assisted , in son and by their fortune , in the advancement of the undertaking . They assumed part of the expenses which fell upon the ...
... authority of the brothers Pinzon , rich ship - owners , and well skilled in nautical affairs , who assisted , in son and by their fortune , in the advancement of the undertaking . They assumed part of the expenses which fell upon the ...
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... authority was at last almost entirely gone , and even the sacred name of king was no longer respected , he gave over almost every hope of enforcing obedience and of continuing his voyage ; but happily , on the morning of the 23d ...
... authority was at last almost entirely gone , and even the sacred name of king was no longer respected , he gave over almost every hope of enforcing obedience and of continuing his voyage ; but happily , on the morning of the 23d ...
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Էջ 858 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico ; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination ; thence northward along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Էջ 874 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Էջ 806 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Էջ 397 - Besides, what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men— and what multitudes there might be of them they knew not.
Էջ 807 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.
Էջ 396 - For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, " The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Էջ 355 - ... after, I saw two, apparelled after the manner of Englishmen, in Westminster palace, which at that time I could not discern from Englishmen, till I was learned what they were ; but as for speech, I heard none of them utter one word.
Էջ 858 - Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea ; from thence up the middle of that river...
Էջ 870 - State; and, 7. Abstaining from abolishing slavery; but, under a heavy penalty, prohibiting the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
Էջ 445 - Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America.