Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 3M'Carty and Davis, 1834 |
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... island ; Angra is its capital . The Antilles , which have been so called by the Spaniards , as being Insulæ antè Americam . Several of these islands lie before America , and are met with when you sail from Europe to that continent ...
... island ; Angra is its capital . The Antilles , which have been so called by the Spaniards , as being Insulæ antè Americam . Several of these islands lie before America , and are met with when you sail from Europe to that continent ...
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... islands , and belongs to the Spaniards , who have built there a city called San Juan de Puerto Rico . In all these islands there are gold and silver mines ; particularly in Porto Rico . The Windward Islands ( Insulæ ad Ventum , ) lie to ...
... islands , and belongs to the Spaniards , who have built there a city called San Juan de Puerto Rico . In all these islands there are gold and silver mines ; particularly in Porto Rico . The Windward Islands ( Insulæ ad Ventum , ) lie to ...
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... Islands of Assumption , * St. Johns , and others in the neighbourhood of Newfoundland , all belong to the French . The Bermuda Islands are small , and lie near to each other . They all belong to the English , who call them the summer or ...
... Islands of Assumption , * St. Johns , and others in the neighbourhood of Newfoundland , all belong to the French . The Bermuda Islands are small , and lie near to each other . They all belong to the English , who call them the summer or ...
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THE TRANSLATORS PREFACE | v |
BOOK | 13 |
In what manner at what time and by what European Nations | 24 |
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