| Allen Johnson - 1921 - 352 strani
...his two brother monks — the first unarmed mission of the Church upon the soil of the United States. "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... | |
| Herbert Eugene Bolton - 1921 - 346 strani
...his two brother monks — the first unarmed mission of the Church upon the soil of the United States. "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... | |
| Maggs Bros - 1922 - 740 strani
...in 1510, rf Las Sergas de Esplandian." By California was implied insularity coupled with riches. " 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... | |
| 1923 - 560 strani
..."Amadis of Gaul." The passage that contains the first mention of the name "California" reads as follows: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is...paradise, which was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they were accustomed to live after the manner of Amazons. They were of strong and... | |
| 1889 - 960 strani
...Esplandian was attached. Hittell (Vol I, p. 51) transcribes a passage from the romance, which reads thus " Know that on the right hand of the Indies there...near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women without any man amongst them, because they were accustomed to live after the fashion... | |
| Mrs. A. S. C. Forbes - 1925 - 406 strani
...Adventures of Esplandian) the first time the paragraph reads as follows : "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 Terrestial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among... | |
| 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 Ter-restrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man... | |
| 1864 - 804 strani
...been lost on the next day, but that where the danger came, there the safety came also. Know, then, 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... | |
| 1963 - 692 strani
...Spanish galleon rode at anchor in San Diego Bay. In 1510, a book published in Spain flatly announced that ". . . on the right hand of the Indies, there is an island called California, very near the Terrestrial Paradise." These words and the legend of El Dorado, the gilded city of spices and treasure,... | |
| University of California, Berkeley - 1916 - 332 strani
...forces where the Sultan and Armato were chief. Chapter 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... | |
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