The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year 1492, to the Year 1826, Volume 1Hilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... town , which , in honour of the founds the queen of Castile , he called Isabella . This was the first town first town . founded by Europeans in the New World.1 another COLUMBUS , in the spring of this year , despatched twelve ves- 1494 ...
... town , which , in honour of the founds the queen of Castile , he called Isabella . This was the first town first town . founded by Europeans in the New World.1 another COLUMBUS , in the spring of this year , despatched twelve ves- 1494 ...
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... town of Tabasco . 1519. borders of the river filled with canoes of armed Indians . Per- ceiving them determined on hostilities , he prepared to attack the town , in which above 12,000 warriors had already assembled . The Indians ...
... town of Tabasco . 1519. borders of the river filled with canoes of armed Indians . Per- ceiving them determined on hostilities , he prepared to attack the town , in which above 12,000 warriors had already assembled . The Indians ...
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... town and people elected him to the same office . The council of Vera Cruz now wrote to the king of Spain , giving an account of their new town , and beseeching him , that he would grant Cortes a commission of captain - general , in ...
... town and people elected him to the same office . The council of Vera Cruz now wrote to the king of Spain , giving an account of their new town , and beseeching him , that he would grant Cortes a commission of captain - general , in ...
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... town Gil de Buena Vista.2 1524 . in the ser- vice of France . JOHN DE VERRAZZANO , a Florentine , having been sent out the Voyage of preceding year by Francis I. of France , with four ships , to pro- Verrazzano secute discoveries in the ...
... town Gil de Buena Vista.2 1524 . in the ser- vice of France . JOHN DE VERRAZZANO , a Florentine , having been sent out the Voyage of preceding year by Francis I. of France , with four ships , to pro- Verrazzano secute discoveries in the ...
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... town of la Plata . They soon after built the town of Asuncion , on the east shore of the river Paraguay , where they intermarried with the natives.3 1 Thevet , c . 74 , 75. Charlevoix , Hist . Nouv . France , i . 9—13 . Hakluyt , iii ...
... town of la Plata . They soon after built the town of Asuncion , on the east shore of the river Paraguay , where they intermarried with the natives.3 1 Thevet , c . 74 , 75. Charlevoix , Hist . Nouv . France , i . 9—13 . Hakluyt , iii ...
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