 | George Henry Kress - 1910 - 228 strani
...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,...were accustomed to live after the fashion of Amazons. Their arms were all of gold, and so were the caparisons of the wild beasts they rode after having tamed... | |
 | Rockwell D. Hunt - 1911 - 388 strani
...Terres19 trial Paradise, and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies, of ardent courage and great force. The island was the strongest in the world from its steep rocks and great cliffs. Their... | |
 | James Miller Guinn - 1915 - 498 strani
...the year 1510. The passage in which the name California occurs is as follows: "Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled with black women, without any men among them, because they... | |
 | Charles Montville Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan - 1917 - 520 strani
..."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,...them, because they were accustomed to live after the manner of Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies of ardent courage and great force. The island... | |
 | American Historical Association, American Asiatic Association, Asiatic Institute - 1917 - 562 strani
...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 strong and hardened bodies, of ardent courage and great force. The island was the strongest in the world from its steep rocks and great cliffs. Their... | |
 | Delilah Leontium Beasley - 1919 - 342 strani
...hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near the Terrestrial Paradise which is peopled with black women without any men among them,...they were accustomed to live after the fashion of the Amazons. They were of strong and hardy bodies, of ardent courage and of great force. The island... | |
 | 1889 - 960 strani
...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,...paradise, which was peopled with black women without any man amongst them, because they were accustomed to live after the fashion of Amazons. They were of strong... | |
 | 1923 - 560 strani
...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,...near to the terrestrial paradise, which was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they were accustomed to live after the manner of Amazons.... | |
 | 1963 - 692 strani
...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,... | |
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Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near to the Terrestrial Paradise... 
