The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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... colony . But even that distant and dreary outpost was not to be the utmost limit of their wanderings . The coast of North America had already been seen by these adventurous explor- ers . In the year 1000 Leif , the son of Eric the Red ...
... colony . But even that distant and dreary outpost was not to be the utmost limit of their wanderings . The coast of North America had already been seen by these adventurous explor- ers . In the year 1000 Leif , the son of Eric the Red ...
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... colony in Greenland perished after a while , and a great change for the worse also took place in Iceland . In the time of Columbus the inhabitants of that island had probably little , if any , communication or trade with any part of the ...
... colony in Greenland perished after a while , and a great change for the worse also took place in Iceland . In the time of Columbus the inhabitants of that island had probably little , if any , communication or trade with any part of the ...
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... colony there , and sailed for Spain , reaching that country in the spring of 1493 , after an absence of a little over seven months . The reception given him by Ferdinand and Isabella was such as the first civilized man who had crossed ...
... colony there , and sailed for Spain , reaching that country in the spring of 1493 , after an absence of a little over seven months . The reception given him by Ferdinand and Isabella was such as the first civilized man who had crossed ...
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... Colonies.- For twenty years after De Soto's death Florida , with the adja- cent country , was left to the undisturbed ... colony at what is now Port Royal , South Carolina . After they had got established Ribaut went back to France . 4 ...
... Colonies.- For twenty years after De Soto's death Florida , with the adja- cent country , was left to the undisturbed ... colony at what is now Port Royal , South Carolina . After they had got established Ribaut went back to France . 4 ...
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... colony he might establish ; but it expressly said that the settlers were to enjoy all the political and religious rights and privileges which they had in England . Raleigh was one of the few men of that day who believed that the ...
... colony he might establish ; but it expressly said that the settlers were to enjoy all the political and religious rights and privileges which they had in England . Raleigh was one of the few men of that day who believed that the ...
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