 Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons.  The Natural Wealth of California - Stran 2avtor: TItus Fey Cronise - 1868Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Irving Berdine Richman - 1911 - 628 strani
...Sergas de Esplandidn) there was implied insularity coupled with riches. " ' Know,' the Sergas says, ' that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among... | |
 | Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez - 1914 - 476 strani
...the name that has since become famous in all the high-ways and by-ways of the world runs as follows: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is...peopled by black women, without any men among them, for they were accustomed to live after the manner of Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies,... | |
 | James Miller Guinn - 1915 - 498 strani
...Seville, Spain, about the year 1510. The passage in which the name California occurs is as follows: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women, without any men among them, because they... | |
 | Henry Manuel Moreno - 1916 - 104 strani
...romance, the name appears with precisely our spelling, in the following passage: "Sergas, ch. 157: 'Knows that, on the right hand of the Indies, there is an...near to the Terrestrial Paradise, which was peopled with black women, without any men among them, because they were accustomed to live after the fashion... | |
 | 1916 - 388 strani
...forces where the Sultan and Armato were chief. Chapjer CLVII begins in this wise : Know ye that at the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to that part of the Terrestrial Paradise, which was inhabited by black women without a single... | |
 | Charles Montville Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan - 1917 - 520 strani
...furnished the name "California," expressly states that it is an island, for in chapter 157 it is said: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is...near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women without any men among them, because they were accustomed to live after the manner... | |
 | American Historical Association, American Asiatic Association, Asiatic Institute - 1917 - 562 strani
...discovery of America, and the thrilling romance was the story of its day. "Know then," reads the story, "that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise, and it was peopled by black women, without any man among... | |
 | Michael Williams - 1918 - 374 strani
...too, leaving it to others to actualize his spiritual conquest. Listen to what he says: — "Know then, that on the right hand of the Indies, there is an island called California, very close to the Terrestrial Paradise. . . ." (No Calif ornian will gainsay this description of place,... | |
 | Delilah Leontium Beasley - 1919 - 342 strani
...words show Cervante's estimate of it as early as 1605. CHAPTER CLVII. LA SERGA8 DE ESPLADIAN "Know ye that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the Terrestrial Paradise which is peopled with black women without any men among them, because they... | |
 | Owen Cochran Coy - 1919 - 410 strani
...persisted until it became a tremendous reality in January, 1848, just on the eve of American annexation. "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among... | |
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