American Annals: Or, a Chronological History of America, from Its Discovery in MCCCCXCII to MDCCCVI, Volume 1W. Hilliard, 1805 - America |
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... says , the expense was " six millions of maravadies , making the sum of 16000 ducats . " A Spanish ducat of exchange is equal to 4s . 11d . 1-2 , and lacks therefore but a half penny of being equal to an English crown . If the 16000 ...
... says , the expense was " six millions of maravadies , making the sum of 16000 ducats . " A Spanish ducat of exchange is equal to 4s . 11d . 1-2 , and lacks therefore but a half penny of being equal to an English crown . If the 16000 ...
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... says the adiniral , " for he caused all our clothes to be laid together near his palace , where he kept them till ... say , that this name was given to the fort . This fortification was finished in ten days ; the poor natives unwarily ...
... says the adiniral , " for he caused all our clothes to be laid together near his palace , where he kept them till ... say , that this name was given to the fort . This fortification was finished in ten days ; the poor natives unwarily ...
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... says , that Pinzon " seems to have landed on no part of the coast beyond the mouth of the Marag- non , or river of the Amazons . " But I rely on P. Martyr , who says , that the Spaniards landed at the Cape ; that in the neighbourhood of ...
... says , that Pinzon " seems to have landed on no part of the coast beyond the mouth of the Marag- non , or river of the Amazons . " But I rely on P. Martyr , who says , that the Spaniards landed at the Cape ; that in the neighbourhood of ...
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... says his son Ferdinand , " which he ordered to be buried with his body . " Life of Columbus , c . lxxxvi . Herrera , i . 242 . 3 Herrera [ i . 314 ] says , they were Caravels . E Newfound Terra since called dor . whole eastern coast of ...
... says his son Ferdinand , " which he ordered to be buried with his body . " Life of Columbus , c . lxxxvi . Herrera , i . 242 . 3 Herrera [ i . 314 ] says , they were Caravels . E Newfound Terra since called dor . whole eastern coast of ...
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... says , the fleet consisted of 31 ships ; the Author of Europ . Settlements says , it consisted of 20 , and that 16 pe rished . I have followed Ferdinand Columbus . On board the ship , in which Bovadilla perished , was a mass of gold ...
... says , the fleet consisted of 31 ships ; the Author of Europ . Settlements says , it consisted of 20 , and that 16 pe rished . I have followed Ferdinand Columbus . On board the ship , in which Bovadilla perished , was a mass of gold ...
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