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Page 27
... night lulled everyone to rest , while the air was soft and healthy , and the nights neither hot nor cold . On the voyage through the other islands there was great heat , but here it is tempered like the month of May . He attributed the ...
... night lulled everyone to rest , while the air was soft and healthy , and the nights neither hot nor cold . On the voyage through the other islands there was great heat , but here it is tempered like the month of May . He attributed the ...
Page 28
... night he was beating to windward , and he saw a river , but could not enter it because the entrance was narrow . The Indians fancied that . canoes could go . Navi- the ships could enter wherever their gating onwards , he came to a cape ...
... night he was beating to windward , and he saw a river , but could not enter it because the entrance was narrow . The Indians fancied that . canoes could go . Navi- the ships could enter wherever their gating onwards , he came to a cape ...
Page 30
... night the Admiral took an altitude with a quadrant , and found that the distance from the equinoctical line was 42 degrees . He says that , by his reckoning , he finds that he has gone over 1,142 leagues from the island of Hierro.ยง He ...
... night the Admiral took an altitude with a quadrant , and found that the distance from the equinoctical line was 42 degrees . He says that , by his reckoning , he finds that he has gone over 1,142 leagues from the island of Hierro.ยง He ...
Page 32
... night , " says the Admiral , " the two men came back who had been sent to ex- plore the interior . They said that after walking 12 leagues they came to a village of 50 houses , where there were a thou- sand inhabitants , for many live ...
... night , " says the Admiral , " the two men came back who had been sent to ex- plore the interior . They said that after walking 12 leagues they came to a village of 50 houses , where there were a thou- sand inhabitants , for many live ...
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... night , they wanted to land . The ship was at the time high and dry , but , not wishing to make them angry , he let them go on their way , saying that they would return at dawn , but they never came back . The two Christians met with ...
... night , they wanted to land . The ship was at the time high and dry , but , not wishing to make them angry , he let them go on their way , saying that they would return at dawn , but they never came back . The two Christians met with ...
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