The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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... carry the light of faith into the kingdoms of Oriental paganism . That motive , whether wise or not , inspired the great Genoese navigator with a certain enthusiasm and dignity of char- acter which mark his course throughout . His life ...
... carry the light of faith into the kingdoms of Oriental paganism . That motive , whether wise or not , inspired the great Genoese navigator with a certain enthusiasm and dignity of char- acter which mark his course throughout . His life ...
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... 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 voyage from the ...
... 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 voyage from the ...
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... carried with him , by his own special request , letters of introduction and recommendation from the joint sovereigns of Spain to the Grand Khan of China . 10. The Voyage ; Variation of the Needle ; the Crew are greatly Alarmed ; the ...
... carried with him , by his own special request , letters of introduction and recommendation from the joint sovereigns of Spain to the Grand Khan of China . 10. The Voyage ; Variation of the Needle ; the Crew are greatly Alarmed ; the ...
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... of San Domingo . After the cession of that island to France by the Spanish the remains of Colum- bus were exhumed ( as was then supposed ) , carried to Havana , Cuba , and there touching letter1 to the king and queen , asking for.
... of San Domingo . After the cession of that island to France by the Spanish the remains of Colum- bus were exhumed ( as was then supposed ) , carried to Havana , Cuba , and there touching letter1 to the king and queen , asking for.
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... carried 1 Amerigo Vespucci ( Ah - ma - ree'go Ves - poot'chee ) : the name also frequently occurs in a Latinized form as Amer'icus Vespu'cius . 2 Brazil had been discovered by Pinzon , one of the companions of Columbus , in 1499 , two ...
... carried 1 Amerigo Vespucci ( Ah - ma - ree'go Ves - poot'chee ) : the name also frequently occurs in a Latinized form as Amer'icus Vespu'cius . 2 Brazil had been discovered by Pinzon , one of the companions of Columbus , in 1499 , two ...
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