An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies: In Four Volumes, Band 1Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 - 493 Seiten |
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... navigation of Eu- rope was fcarcely extended beyond the limits of the Mediterra . nean . The mariner's compass had been invented and in com- mon use for more than a century ; yet with the help of this fure guide , prompted by the moft ...
... navigation of Eu- rope was fcarcely extended beyond the limits of the Mediterra . nean . The mariner's compass had been invented and in com- mon use for more than a century ; yet with the help of this fure guide , prompted by the moft ...
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... navigation , his favourite object , that he ad- vanced with rapid proficiency in the study of them . Thus qualified , in the year 1461 , he went to fea at the age of fourteen , and began his carcer on that element which con- ducted him ...
... navigation , his favourite object , that he ad- vanced with rapid proficiency in the study of them . Thus qualified , in the year 1461 , he went to fea at the age of fourteen , and began his carcer on that element which con- ducted him ...
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... navigation from that to India could be accomplished . These reflections upon the un- certainty , the danger and tedioufnels of the courfe which the Portuguese were pursuing , naturally led Columbus to confider whether a fhorter and more ...
... navigation from that to India could be accomplished . These reflections upon the un- certainty , the danger and tedioufnels of the courfe which the Portuguese were pursuing , naturally led Columbus to confider whether a fhorter and more ...
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... her actions . The Spaniards had hitherto made no efforts to extend navigation beyond its ancient limits , and had beheld the amazing progrefs of discovery among their neighbours the Portuguese , with- 10 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
... her actions . The Spaniards had hitherto made no efforts to extend navigation beyond its ancient limits , and had beheld the amazing progrefs of discovery among their neighbours the Portuguese , with- 10 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
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... navigation , as well as his knowledge . of geometry , to form just ideas with respect to the structure of the globe and the fituation of its various regions ; that , by offering to rifk his own life and fortune in the execution of his ...
... navigation , as well as his knowledge . of geometry , to form just ideas with respect to the structure of the globe and the fituation of its various regions ; that , by offering to rifk his own life and fortune in the execution of his ...
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Seite 130 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 130 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 133 - ... spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on. We demand nothing in return.
Seite 130 - Logan ; not even sparing my women and children. "There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance.
Seite 168 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Seite 201 - For if a slave can have a country in this world, it must be any other in preference to that in which he is born to live and labour for another...
Seite 204 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Seite 131 - The Business of the Women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their Memories, for they have no Writing, and communicate it to their Children. They are the Records of the Council, and they preserve...
Seite 201 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it ; for man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
Seite 168 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.