The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1898 - 367 pages |
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Page 18
... soon after died , he would have received the assistance he so humbly begged . When she passed away , the admiral lost his best friend . But though his closing days were pitiful , yet none the less the voice that he imagined he once ...
... soon after died , he would have received the assistance he so humbly begged . When she passed away , the admiral lost his best friend . But though his closing days were pitiful , yet none the less the voice that he imagined he once ...
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... soon after ( 1504 ) . Though it was nothing but a thin pamphlet , yet , from the fact that it was , so far as we know , the first printed description of the mainland of the Western Hemisphere , it naturally brought the name of the ...
... soon after ( 1504 ) . Though it was nothing but a thin pamphlet , yet , from the fact that it was , so far as we know , the first printed description of the mainland of the Western Hemisphere , it naturally brought the name of the ...
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... soon after parted com- pany with Cabeza , and was lost . About a week later , Cabeza himself was shipwrecked , probably on the coast of Texas . He was captured by the Indians . After a long captivity , he and three of his companions ...
... soon after parted com- pany with Cabeza , and was lost . About a week later , Cabeza himself was shipwrecked , probably on the coast of Texas . He was captured by the Indians . After a long captivity , he and three of his companions ...
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... soon return . What the chief said we are not told ; but he doubt- less hoped that if De Soto had gone there , that there he would stay . The survivors at length reached the Spanish settlements in Mexico . Only about half of those that ...
... soon return . What the chief said we are not told ; but he doubt- less hoped that if De Soto had gone there , that there he would stay . The survivors at length reached the Spanish settlements in Mexico . Only about half of those that ...
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... soon as Menen- dez had made his preparations , he advanced to the St. John's , surprised the French garrison , and massacred all but the women and the children . Shortly after his return , the Indians reported that some of the 1 ...
... soon as Menen- dez had made his preparations , he advanced to the St. John's , surprised the French garrison , and massacred all but the women and the children . Shortly after his return , the Indians reported that some of the 1 ...
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