 The sphere of their ideas has been extended, wants have been communicated to them which they were ignorant of, and within these twenty years they have made a considerable progress towards that social state which we very improperly designate by the word...  Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain - Էջ 88Alexander von Humboldt - 1814Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1822
...build schooners and even armed vessels, with which they project distant expeditions. The north-west currents bring them large trunks of pines from the...Philippine islands or China, either from Acapulco and San Bias, or from the north-west coast of America. The coasting trade on the western coast of New Spain... | |
 | Manley Hopkins - 1862 - 458 էջ
...progress towards that social state which we very improperly designate by the word " civilisation." . . . Perhaps this people will one day be as formidable...pirates of the Bermudas and Bahama Islands and Barbary who are dreaded in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.' | The origin of the Islands is clearly... | |
 | Manley Hopkins - 1866 - 680 էջ
...we very improperly designate by the word "civilisation." . . . Perhaps this people will one day he as formidable on the Great Ocean as the privateers...pirates of the Bermudas and Bahama Islands and Barbary who are dreaded in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.' $ The origin of the islands is clearly... | |
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