The Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel: Announcing His Discovery, with Extracts from His JournalA. Lovell, 1892 - 15 pages |
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... leagues that nothing new appeared , and that the coast led northward , contrary to my wish , because the winter had already set in , I decided to make for the south , and as the wind also was against my proceeding , I determined not to ...
... leagues that nothing new appeared , and that the coast led northward , contrary to my wish , because the winter had already set in , I decided to make for the south , and as the wind also was against my proceeding , I determined not to ...
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... leagues , until I came to the end of it . From that point I saw another isle to the eastward , at eighteen leagues ' distance , to which I gave the name of Hispaniola . I went thither and followed its northern coast to the east , as ...
... leagues , until I came to the end of it . From that point I saw another isle to the eastward , at eighteen leagues ' distance , to which I gave the name of Hispaniola . I went thither and followed its northern coast to the east , as ...
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... leagues there remained at the west point two provinces where I did not go , one of which they call Avan , the home of men with tails . These provinces are computed to be fifty or sixty leagues in length , as far as can be gathered ...
... leagues there remained at the west point two provinces where I did not go , one of which they call Avan , the home of men with tails . These provinces are computed to be fifty or sixty leagues in length , as far as can be gathered ...
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... leagues ; he told the men only forty - four . Here the crew could stand it no longer , they complained of the long voyage , but the Admiral en- couraged them as best he could , giving them hopes of the profits that they might have , and ...
... leagues ; he told the men only forty - four . Here the crew could stand it no longer , they complained of the long voyage , but the Admiral en- couraged them as best he could , giving them hopes of the profits that they might have , and ...
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... leagues . After sunset he sailed on his first course to the west ; they went about twelve miles an hour and two hours after midnight they had run about ninety miles , that is , twenty - two and a half leagues . As the caravel Pinta was ...
... leagues . After sunset he sailed on his first course to the west ; they went about twelve miles an hour and two hours after midnight they had run about ninety miles , that is , twenty - two and a half leagues . As the caravel Pinta was ...
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Page 11 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
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Page 11 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg, to arrange, by amicable negotiation, the respective rights and interests of the two Nations on the north-west coast of this Continent...
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Page 9 - It is, nevertheless, understood that during a term of ten years. counting from the signature of the present convention, the ships of both Powers, or which belong to their citizens or subjects respectively, may reciprocally frequent, without any hindrance whatever. the interior seas, gulfs, harbors, and creeks, upon the coast mentioned in the preceding article, for the purpose of fishing and trading with the natives of the country.
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