The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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... finally , a few islands , of which Iceland was the largest . * 1 Amerigo Vespucci ( or Americus Vespucius ) : Italian pronunciation , Ah - ma- ree'go Ves - poot'chee . 2 The exact year of his birth cannot be determined ; several ...
... finally , a few islands , of which Iceland was the largest . * 1 Amerigo Vespucci ( or Americus Vespucius ) : Italian pronunciation , Ah - ma- ree'go Ves - poot'chee . 2 The exact year of his birth cannot be determined ; several ...
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... Finally , in 1487 , that feat was accomplished by a Portuguese captain of the name of Diaz.1 He , however , had such a rough experience that he named the point the Cape of Storms . 1 Diaz ( Dee'az ) . It is an interesting and ...
... Finally , in 1487 , that feat was accomplished by a Portuguese captain of the name of Diaz.1 He , however , had such a rough experience that he named the point the Cape of Storms . 1 Diaz ( Dee'az ) . It is an interesting and ...
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... finally of Spain . He had met with nothing but disappointment . He was regarded as a foolish schemer , and the street boys openly mocked him as a lunatic . At last Columbus , now fast sinking into poverty , received per- mission from ...
... finally of Spain . He had met with nothing but disappointment . He was regarded as a foolish schemer , and the street boys openly mocked him as a lunatic . At last Columbus , now fast sinking into poverty , received per- mission from ...
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David Henry Montgomery. venient , nay more , it would be impossible . Finally , they objected that in case the earth could be proved to be a globe , that very fact would render such a voyage as Columbus proposed a failure . For how ...
David Henry Montgomery. venient , nay more , it would be impossible . Finally , they objected that in case the earth could be proved to be a globe , that very fact would render such a voyage as Columbus proposed a failure . For how ...
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... Finally , he carried with him an improved astrolabe , or instrument for determining his position by observation of the sun . But these were not all . These , in fact , were but the material ... 1 Columbus kept a regular journal of the ...
... Finally , he carried with him an improved astrolabe , or instrument for determining his position by observation of the sun . But these were not all . These , in fact , were but the material ... 1 Columbus kept a regular journal of the ...
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