Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 2Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... Spanish and Catholic modification of Sir Francis's Bay , commemorating the name and the explorations of the valiant English sailor . Nearly twenty years later the Spanish galley San Augustin , sailing from Manilla to examine the route ...
... Spanish and Catholic modification of Sir Francis's Bay , commemorating the name and the explorations of the valiant English sailor . Nearly twenty years later the Spanish galley San Augustin , sailing from Manilla to examine the route ...
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... Spanish architecture . Here are the grandest and dearest hotels and cafés of Madrid , and plenty of rich and elegant shops mostly occupied by foreign tailors , modistes , jewellers , vendors of articles de Paris and such- like things ...
... Spanish architecture . Here are the grandest and dearest hotels and cafés of Madrid , and plenty of rich and elegant shops mostly occupied by foreign tailors , modistes , jewellers , vendors of articles de Paris and such- like things ...
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... Spanish monarchy ; the swords of Roland and his great rival Bernardo del Carpio ; the sword Colada , wielded by the Cid Campeador , and so celebrated in the ancient chronicles and romances of Spain ; the black leather field bed ( or ...
... Spanish monarchy ; the swords of Roland and his great rival Bernardo del Carpio ; the sword Colada , wielded by the Cid Campeador , and so celebrated in the ancient chronicles and romances of Spain ; the black leather field bed ( or ...
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CaliforniaSir Francis DrakeThe Spanish GalleonsThe Franciscan MissionsIndians Converted and Dying | 1 |
Plan of San Francisco | 9 |
The City Hall | 16 |
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