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Page 26
They doubled a point six leagues to the N.W. ‡ and then another point , then 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 ...
They doubled a point six leagues to the N.W. ‡ and then another point , then 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 ...
Page 27
He attributed the heat of the other islands to their flatness , and to the wind coming from the east , which is hot . The water of the rivers was salt at the mouth , and they did not know whence the natives got their drinking - water ...
He attributed the heat of the other islands to their flatness , and to the wind coming from the east , which is hot . The water of the rivers was salt at the mouth , and they did not know whence the natives got their drinking - water ...
Page 36
... and whither will be brought other commodities of Spain and of 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 .
... and whither will be brought other commodities of Spain and of 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 .
Page 37
As he desired to go to the island called Babeque , where , according to the information he had received , there was much gold ; and as it bore east , and as no large town was in sight , the wind freshening more than ever , he resolved ...
As he desired to go to the island called Babeque , where , according to the information he had received , there was much gold ; and as it bore east , and as no large town was in sight , the wind freshening more than ever , he resolved ...
Page 38
The wind fell , and , the course being 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 ...
The wind fell , and , the course being 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 ...
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| Title | Old South Leaflets Old South Leaflets, Old South Association Issue 5 of Old South leaflets: Annual series |
| Contributor | Old South Association |
| Publisher | Directors of the Old South Work, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 8 pages |
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