| American Antiquarian Society - 1861 - 546 strani
...sailed to other parts to carry on their forrays. . . . '• In this island, called California, arc many griffins, on account of the great savageness...the immense quantity of wild game to be found there. . . . " Now, in the time that those great men of the Pagans sailed [against Constantinople] with those... | |
| 1862 - 448 strani
...carry on their foray«. . . . "In this island, called California, are many griffins, on account of tin- great savageness of the country, and the immense quantity of wild game to be found there. . . . "Now, in the time that those great men of the Pagans sailed [against Constantinople] with those... | |
| TItus Fey Cronise - 1868 - 736 strani
...the north, and from the Ocean to the Eocky Mountains, was included in California. ORIGIN OF THE NAMU There are few countries, the origin of the name of...discovery of this country, and it is quite possible that Hernaudo Grixalva —one of Cortez' officers to whom the honor of making that discovery belongs—or... | |
| Titus Fey Cronise - 1868 - 738 strani
...name of which is involved in as much mystery as that of California. A compound of Greek and Liatin, it is not positively known by whom or when compounded...discovery of this country, and it is quite possible that Hernaudo Grixalva — one of Cortez' officers to whom the honor of making that discovery belongs —... | |
| Titus Fey Cronise - 1868 - 744 strani
...by black women, without any men among them, because they were accustomed to live after the manner ol the Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies,...officers to whom the honor of making that discovery belongs—or some of his companions, may have read it, and, finding what they supposed to be an island... | |
| Titus Fey Cronise - 1868 - 722 strani
...wild beasts they rode." Another passage reads: "In the island called California are many griffins, cm account of the great savageness of the country and the immense quantity of wild game to bo found there." This romance was very popular in Europe, passed through several editions during the... | |
| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, George Davidson - 1869 - 364 strani
...without any men among them, becanse they were accustomed to live after the fashion of Amazons." " In this island called California are many Griffins, on account of the great savageness of the countiy, and the immense quantity of wild game found there." " Now, in the time that those great men... | |
| Rolander Guy McClellan - 1872 - 794 strani
...great cliffs. Their arms were all of gold, and so were the caparisons of the wild beasts they rode." " In the island called California are many griffins,...immense quantity of wild game to be found there." An opinion prevails among some well-informed authors that the name is derived from the Latin words... | |
| Rolander Guy McClellan - 1875 - 830 strani
...great cliffs. Their arms were all of gold, and so were the caparisons of the wild beasts they rode." "In the island called California are many griffins,...immense quantity of wild game to be found there." An opinion prevails among some well-informed authors that the name is derived from the Latin words... | |
| John S. Dye - 1883 - 1162 strani
...Their arms were all of gold, and so were the caparisons of the wild beasts they rode"; and elsewhere: "In the island called California, are many griffins,...immense quantity of wild game to be found there." The name of California appears in the writings of Bernal Diaz del Castillo, an officer in the army... | |
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