The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn & Company, 1895 - 365 pages |
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... 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 ( Deeʼaz ) ...
... 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 ( Deeʼaz ) ...
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... Balboa crossed the isthmus ( then called the Isthmus of Darien ) , about 150 miles southeast of Aspinwall , from a point opposite the Bay of San Miguel to that bay ( Lat . 8 ° 50 ′ ) . which the natives told him could be seen toward the.
... Balboa crossed the isthmus ( then called the Isthmus of Darien ) , about 150 miles southeast of Aspinwall , from a point opposite the Bay of San Miguel to that bay ( Lat . 8 ° 50 ′ ) . which the natives told him could be seen toward the.
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... miles a day . At last , after terrible hardships , Balboa reached the summit of the ridge . Looking down , he beheld that mag- nificent expanse of water which Magellan , seven years later , sailed across on his way round the world ...
... miles a day . At last , after terrible hardships , Balboa reached the summit of the ridge . Looking down , he beheld that mag- nificent expanse of water which Magellan , seven years later , sailed across on his way round the world ...
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... miles southward along the coast , and then , turning north , sailed to what is now New York Bay , afterward cruising along the coast of New England . 2 Cartier ( Kar - te - ay ' , French pronunciation ) : he made his first expedition in ...
... miles southward along the coast , and then , turning north , sailed to what is now New York Bay , afterward cruising along the coast of New England . 2 Cartier ( Kar - te - ay ' , French pronunciation ) : he made his first expedition in ...
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... 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 standing on ...
... 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 standing on ...
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