 | 1896 - 756 strani
...in pearls, diamonds and (L,old. Says the old chronicler: "Know that on the right hand of the lndies, there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women without any man among them, for they lived in... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 688 strani
...discovery of that part of the mainland which has yielded to the world its untold millions of gold. " Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is...California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise,1 and it was peopled by black women without any man among them, 1 In the cosmogony of that... | |
 | 1906 - 780 strani
[ Prikaz vsebine te strani ni dovoljen ] | |
 | David Augustus Shaw - 1900 - 338 strani
...Gaul." The following extracts from this comparatively ancient book will show how the name occurred. "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the Terrestrial Paradise, which was peopled by black women, without any men among them, because... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1905 - 516 strani
...author probably derived the name from Calif, the title of a successor of Mohammed. The author says: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island, called California, very close to the Terrestrial Paradise, and it was peopled by black women without any man among them, for they lived... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1906 - 516 strani
...author probably derived the name from Calif, the title of a successor of Mohammed. The author says: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island, called California, very close to the Terrestrial Paradise, and it was peopled by black women without any man among them, for they lived... | |
 | Helen Elliott Bandini - 1908 - 316 strani
...search of adventures. This particular story would not interest readers of to-day save for this passage: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the Terrestrial Paradise, and it is peopled by black women who live after the fashion of Amazons.... | |
 | Arthur Walbridge North - 1908 - 266 strani
...Cortez there was a widely read romance, "Las Sergus de Esplandian " by name, in which it was written: "On the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near to the terrestrial paradise — an island peopled by Amazons." And from this island, rather than... | |
 | George Henry Kress - 1910 - 228 strani
...name of romance. Montalvo, in his fanciful tale of "Sergas de Esplandian," published in 1510, tells that "on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women without any men among them because... | |
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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. They were of... 
