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... east ten leagues . After another league he saw a river with no very large entrance , to which he gave the name of Rio de la Luna . || He went on until the hour of Vespers . He saw another river much larger than the others , ΒΆ as the ...
... east ten leagues . After another league he saw a river with no very large entrance , to which he gave the name of Rio de la Luna . || He went on until the hour of Vespers . He saw another river much larger than the others , ΒΆ as the ...
Page 27
... east , which is hot . The water of the rivers was salt at the mouth , and they did not know whence the na- tives got their drinking - water , though they have sweet water in their houses . Ships are able to turn in this river , both ...
... east , which is hot . The water of the rivers was salt at the mouth , and they did not know whence the na- tives got their drinking - water , though they have sweet water in their houses . Ships are able to turn in this river , both ...
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... Eastern lands ; but these are to the west as regards us . There is also here a great yield of aloes , though this is not a commodity that will yield great profit . The mastick , however , is important , for it is only obtained from the ...
... Eastern lands ; but these are to the west as regards us . There is also here a great yield of aloes , though this is not a commodity that will yield great profit . The mastick , however , is important , for it is only obtained from the ...
Page 37
... east , and as no large town was in sight , the wind freshen- ing more than ever , he resolved to put out to sea , and work to the east with a northerly wind . The ship made 8 miles an hour , and from ten in the forenoon , when that ...
... east , and as no large town was in sight , the wind freshen- ing more than ever , he resolved to put out to sea , and work to the east with a northerly wind . The ship made 8 miles an hour , and from ten in the forenoon , when that ...
Page 38
... east , she could not lay her course nearer than S.E. , and , owing to other mischances , he was detained until the morning . At sunrise he determined to go in search of a port , because the wind had shifted from north to N.E. , and , if ...
... east , she could not lay her course nearer than S.E. , and , owing to other mischances , he was detained until the morning . At sunrise he determined to go in search of a port , because the wind had shifted from north to N.E. , and , if ...
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