 | Justin Winsor - 1886 - 368 strani
...represented as an island rich with gold and diamonds and pearls. The language of the writer is this : — " 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... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1886 - 662 strani
...represented as an island rich with gold and diamonds and pearls. The language of the writer is this : — " 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... | |
 | 1889 - 706 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 is an Island called California, very near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women without any man amongst them, because... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1890 - 778 strani
...one called attention to a popular romance, some twentyfive years old, in which the following passage occurred : "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, verv near to the terres•/ trial paradise, which was peopled with black women, without any men among... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1893 - 416 strani
...entitled The Deeds of Esplandian. In this romance this bit of description is met with : 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 men among... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 682 strani
...discovery of that part of thl! mainland which has yielded to the world its untold millions of gold. " Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise,1 and it was peopled by black women without any man among... | |
 | 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 an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise,1 and it was peopled by black women without any man among... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Leigh Hadley Irvine - 1905 - 774 strani
...appears with precisely our spelling, in the following passage: "Sergas, ch. 157: 'Know that, on the r:ght 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
