Peter Parley's Pictorial History of North and South AmericaPeter Parley publishing Company, W. W. House, 1868 - 944 էջ |
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... to advance the whole , and hoped the royal com- mand would be immediately given to fit out the fleet without delay . A messenger was instantly despatched in pursuit of Columbus . 34 SPANISH DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS .
... to advance the whole , and hoped the royal com- mand would be immediately given to fit out the fleet without delay . A messenger was instantly despatched in pursuit of Columbus . 34 SPANISH DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS .
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... fleet anchored at the mouth of a river , in full view of the most enchanting prospect . The shores were covered with green trees , some in vernal bloom , and others weighed down with fruit . The richness of the grass seemed to vie with ...
... fleet anchored at the mouth of a river , in full view of the most enchanting prospect . The shores were covered with green trees , some in vernal bloom , and others weighed down with fruit . The richness of the grass seemed to vie with ...
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... fleet entered this haven , and Columbus , anxious to know the country , despatched some men in boats to the villages ; but the inhabitants ran away at their ap- proach with the utmost haste . The cottages were of the same simple ...
... fleet entered this haven , and Columbus , anxious to know the country , despatched some men in boats to the villages ; but the inhabitants ran away at their ap- proach with the utmost haste . The cottages were of the same simple ...
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... fleet . Columbus explores the coast of America . At- tempts a settlement there . His disasters . He is shipwrecked at Jamaica . Returns to Spain and dies . The continent named after Amerigo Vespucci . Greediness of the Spaniards ...
... fleet . Columbus explores the coast of America . At- tempts a settlement there . His disasters . He is shipwrecked at Jamaica . Returns to Spain and dies . The continent named after Amerigo Vespucci . Greediness of the Spaniards ...
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... fleet put to sea ; and the ensuing night they were assailed by a furious hurricane , and the whole fleet , except three ships , went to the bottom . In this wreck perished the malignant Bovadilla , together with the greater part of the ...
... fleet put to sea ; and the ensuing night they were assailed by a furious hurricane , and the whole fleet , except three ships , went to the bottom . In this wreck perished the malignant Bovadilla , together with the greater part of the ...
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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.