History of the United States of North AmericaC. Tilt, 1838 - 375 strani |
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... land as early as 1170 , and , sailing westward , discovered those regions to which the name of America was afterwards given . But this claim rests upon remote and unfounded traditions . Similar pretensions are urged in favour of the ...
... land as early as 1170 , and , sailing westward , discovered those regions to which the name of America was afterwards given . But this claim rests upon remote and unfounded traditions . Similar pretensions are urged in favour of the ...
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... land . Others were attempting a passage by sea . From the commencement of the fifteenth century , the Portuguese had been extending their discoveries along the western coast of Africa towards the south , and had nearly doubled the Cape ...
... land . Others were attempting a passage by sea . From the commencement of the fifteenth century , the Portuguese had been extending their discoveries along the western coast of Africa towards the south , and had nearly doubled the Cape ...
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... expedition was but about twenty thousand dollars . But even this was considered by the statesmen of the time too great an expenditure for so uncertain an enterprise . LAND DISCOVERED . When the squadron was ready for sailing.
... expedition was but about twenty thousand dollars . But even this was considered by the statesmen of the time too great an expenditure for so uncertain an enterprise . LAND DISCOVERED . When the squadron was ready for sailing.
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... land began to appear . The water had become more shallow ; flocks of strange birds were observed ; a curiously ... land ; and , moreover , that the land was inhabited . 6 LANDING OF COLUmbus . They continued their course till B 3.
... land began to appear . The water had become more shallow ; flocks of strange birds were observed ; a curiously ... land ; and , moreover , that the land was inhabited . 6 LANDING OF COLUmbus . They continued their course till B 3.
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... land was in sight . It proved to be one of the Bahama islands . On the morning of the 12th of October , Columbus , richly attired in scarlet , and bearing the royal standard , entered his own boat , accompanied by the other commanders ...
... land was in sight . It proved to be one of the Bahama islands . On the morning of the 12th of October , Columbus , richly attired in scarlet , and bearing the royal standard , entered his own boat , accompanied by the other commanders ...
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Stran 359 - ... 2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or...
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