A Compendium of the History of the United States: From the Earliest Settlements to 1872E. J. Hale, 1875 - 513 pages |
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... forts . On his third voyage he visited the continent of South America , and landed at several places on the coast of Cumana . The mainland of North America he never saw . But after all his great services to Spain ; after having added a ...
... forts . On his third voyage he visited the continent of South America , and landed at several places on the coast of Cumana . The mainland of North America he never saw . But after all his great services to Spain ; after having added a ...
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... fort near the place where the city of Albany now stands . They also built a few log huts on the Island of Manhattan , and to this settlement they afterwards gave the name of New Amsterdam . To the country they gave , in 1621 , the gen ...
... fort near the place where the city of Albany now stands . They also built a few log huts on the Island of Manhattan , and to this settlement they afterwards gave the name of New Amsterdam . To the country they gave , in 1621 , the gen ...
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... fort at the mouth of the Connecticut , which he called Say- brooke . In the next year the government of Connecticut was organized under a commission from Massachusetts . 2. In the spring or summer of 1636 , a party of about one hundred ...
... fort at the mouth of the Connecticut , which he called Say- brooke . In the next year the government of Connecticut was organized under a commission from Massachusetts . 2. In the spring or summer of 1636 , a party of about one hundred ...
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... fort , on the Mystic river . Here a battle was fought on the 20th of May , 1637 , under the general direction of Captain Mason , in command of the Connecticut forces . The Pequods were utterly routed , their fort was destroyed , and ...
... fort , on the Mystic river . Here a battle was fought on the 20th of May , 1637 , under the general direction of Captain Mason , in command of the Connecticut forces . The Pequods were utterly routed , their fort was destroyed , and ...
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... fort , in Virginia , they were received with courtesy by Gov- ernor Harvey . Passing up the Potomac , Calvert chose a site for a settlement at an Indian village called Yoaco- moco , which he purchased from the natives , who quietly ...
... fort , in Virginia , they were received with courtesy by Gov- ernor Harvey . Passing up the Potomac , Calvert chose a site for a settlement at an Indian village called Yoaco- moco , which he purchased from the natives , who quietly ...
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