The History of North and South America, from Its Discovery to the Death of General Washington, Volumes 1-2 |
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... danger of the course which the Portuguese were pursuing , led Columbus to consider , whether a shorter and more direct passage to the East Indies might not be found out . After revolving long , and attentively , every circumstance ...
... danger of the course which the Portuguese were pursuing , led Columbus to consider , whether a shorter and more direct passage to the East Indies might not be found out . After revolving long , and attentively , every circumstance ...
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... dangerous . Upon discovering this dishonourable action , he instant- ly quitted the kingdom , and landed in Spain , towards the close of the year 1484 , when he determined to propose it in person to Ferdinand and Isabella , who at that ...
... dangerous . Upon discovering this dishonourable action , he instant- ly quitted the kingdom , and landed in Spain , towards the close of the year 1484 , when he determined to propose it in person to Ferdinand and Isabella , who at that ...
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... dangers to which , in all probability , he would be exposed . His eagerness to accomplish his great design made him overlook every danger and difficulty . He pushed forwards the preparations with such ardour , and was so well seconded ...
... dangers to which , in all probability , he would be exposed . His eagerness to accomplish his great design made him overlook every danger and difficulty . He pushed forwards the preparations with such ardour , and was so well seconded ...
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... danger . The Spanish sailors accustomed only to coasting voyages in the Mediterranean ; the knowledge of Columbus , the fruit of thirty years experience , improved by the inventive skill of the Portuguese , appeared immense . When they ...
... danger . The Spanish sailors accustomed only to coasting voyages in the Mediterranean ; the knowledge of Columbus , the fruit of thirty years experience , improved by the inventive skill of the Portuguese , appeared immense . When they ...
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... dangerous rocks , or a large tract of land , which had sunk in that place . Columbus persuaded them that , instead of alarming , it ought rather to encourage them , to consi- der it as a sign of approaching land . At the same time a ...
... dangerous rocks , or a large tract of land , which had sunk in that place . Columbus persuaded them that , instead of alarming , it ought rather to encourage them , to consi- der it as a sign of approaching land . At the same time a ...
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