 | 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 an island called California, very near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women without any men among them, because... | |
 | 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...California, very near the Terrestrial Paradise which is peopled with black women without any men among them, because they were accustomed to live after... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 is an Island called California, very near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women without any man amongst them, because... | |
 | 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 an island called California, very near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they... | |
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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. 
