| Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1888 - 842 strani
...their sovereign was pleasant to see. But about gold ? " There is no part of earth," says the preacher, "here to be taken up wherein there is not a reasonable quantity of gold or silver." And again: "The earth of the country seemed to promise rich veins of gold and silver, some of the ore... | |
| California. Secretary of State - 1889 - 248 strani
...bay was that of San Francisco or one further to the north. In the narrative of Hakluyt it is written: "There is no part of the earth here to be taken up...there is not a reasonable quantity of gold or silver." At this day we know that this statement must have been untrue, and was doubtless written for the purpose... | |
| Augustus Jesse Bowie (Jr.) - 1898 - 360 strani
...Gold. — The narrative says : " Our General called this country New Albion. . . . There is no parr of the earth here to be taken up wherein there is not a reasonable quantitie of gold and silver." It is difficult to reconcile this statement with the facts as known... | |
| Geographical Society of the Pacific - 1902 - 434 strani
...Hakluyt who "accompanied Drake in his expedition in 1577-79 in describing the region [California] says " 'there is no part of the earth here to be taken up...not a reasonable quantity " '.of gold or silver.' " hemispheres, (1595?) on which is the statement over New Albion that Drake reached the latitude of... | |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 850 strani
...sovereign was pleasant to see. But about gold ? " There is no part of earth," says the preacher, " here to be taken up wherein there is not a reasonable quantity of gold or silver." And again: "The earth of the country seemed to promise rich veins of gold and silver, some of the ore... | |
| Leigh Hadley Irvine - 1905 - 774 strani
...might have some affinitie with our countrey in name, which sometime was so called. There is no part of earth here to be taken up, wherein there is not a reasonable quantitie of gold or silver.'' Before he sailed away, "our General set up a monument of our being there,... | |
| 1907 - 252 strani
...degrees north. First Mention of Gold: The narrative says: "Our General called this country New Albion. There is no part of the earth here to be taken up wherein there is not a reeasonable quantity of gold and silver." It is difficult to reconcile this statement with the facts... | |
| Walter Richard Crane - 1908 - 798 strani
...were that of a land abounding in gold. This led the historian, Hakluyt, to make the statement that " there is no part of the earth here to be taken up...there is not a reasonable quantity of gold or silver," which, as has been pointed out, was evidently far from the truth, as little or no gold or silver has... | |
| Walter Richard Crane - 1908 - 794 strani
...were that of a land abounding in gold. This led the historian, Hakluyt, to make the statement that " there is no part of the earth here to be taken up...there is not a reasonable quantity of gold or silver," which, as has been pointed out, was evidently far from the truth, as little or no gold or silver has... | |
| Thomas Edwin Farish - 1916 - 418 strani
...the Treasury, under date of November 24, 1866, in reference to gold in California and Arizona, said: "The first mention of gold in California is made in...have added to the possessions of the English crown. "If any 'reasonable quantity' of gold or silver had been obtained by the English adventurers, we should... | |
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