Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 491
... island . Malta . der the article Knights of MALTA and RHODES . Here it is fufficient to obferve , that in 1530 , the knights of Rhodes having been expelled from that ifland by Soli man the Turkish fultan , and deftitute of an habitation ...
... island . Malta . der the article Knights of MALTA and RHODES . Here it is fufficient to obferve , that in 1530 , the knights of Rhodes having been expelled from that ifland by Soli man the Turkish fultan , and deftitute of an habitation ...
Page 523
... island ; and that he was furnamed Mannanan , from his having first entered the island of Man , and Mac Lir , i e . " the offspring of the fea , " from his great kill in navigation . He promoted commerce ; and is faid to have given a ...
... island ; and that he was furnamed Mannanan , from his having first entered the island of Man , and Mac Lir , i e . " the offspring of the fea , " from his great kill in navigation . He promoted commerce ; and is faid to have given a ...
Page 595
... islands of Margaretta and Trinidad ; Martinica befides the English and Dutch ships that came to carry on a fmuggling trade . The private navigation from the island to the northern colonies , to the Spanish con- tinent , and to the ...
... islands of Margaretta and Trinidad ; Martinica befides the English and Dutch ships that came to carry on a fmuggling trade . The private navigation from the island to the northern colonies , to the Spanish con- tinent , and to the ...
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