The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, 1891 - 359 pages |
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... thousand miles to the extreme southern point . 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 ...
... thousand miles to the extreme southern point . 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 ...
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... thousand miles . His plan was this : he would start from Europe ; head his ship westward toward Japan , and follow the curve of the globe until it brought him to what he sought . To his mind it seemed as sure and simple as for a fly to ...
... thousand miles . His plan was this : he would start from Europe ; head his ship westward toward Japan , and follow the curve of the globe until it brought him to what he sought . To his mind it seemed as sure and simple as for a fly to ...
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... thousand miles west of the Bahamas , still that name will doubtless cling to that people as long as they continue to exist . Columbus never found out his mistake in regard to this country . He made three more voyages ' hither ; but he ...
... thousand miles west of the Bahamas , still that name will doubtless cling to that people as long as they continue to exist . Columbus never found out his mistake in regard to this country . He made three more voyages ' hither ; but he ...
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... thousand miles through the heart of the continent , and , with its tributaries , has a total navigable length of over fifteen thousand miles.5 The river at that point is so wide that a person standing on the bank can just see a man ...
... thousand miles through the heart of the continent , and , with its tributaries , has a total navigable length of over fifteen thousand miles.5 The river at that point is so wide that a person standing on the bank can just see a man ...
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... thousand pounds on the colony . Such a sum probably represented upwards of a million of dollars He could do no more ; but he said , " I shall live to see it an English nation . " He did live to see a permanent English settlement ...
... thousand pounds on the colony . Such a sum probably represented upwards of a million of dollars He could do no more ; but he said , " I shall live to see it an English nation . " He did live to see a permanent English settlement ...
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