The History of the United States of America, Volume 1Harper, 1849 - United States |
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... West Indies ; Name of America . . . . Alleged Icelandic Discovery ; English Expedition . State of England ; John Cabot ; his Patent Discovery of North America .. 33 34 34 35 Second Patent ; Voyage of Sebastian Cabot . 36 Cotemporaneous ...
... West Indies ; Name of America . . . . Alleged Icelandic Discovery ; English Expedition . State of England ; John Cabot ; his Patent Discovery of North America .. 33 34 34 35 Second Patent ; Voyage of Sebastian Cabot . 36 Cotemporaneous ...
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... West India Company 139 Forts Nassau and Orange ; Colony of Walloons .... 140 Form of Administration ; Fur Trade ; Fort Amsterdam ... 141 Intercourse with New Plymouth ..... 141 Scheme for Colonizing New Netherland ; Patroons . 142 ...
... West India Company 139 Forts Nassau and Orange ; Colony of Walloons .... 140 Form of Administration ; Fur Trade ; Fort Amsterdam ... 141 Intercourse with New Plymouth ..... 141 Scheme for Colonizing New Netherland ; Patroons . 142 ...
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... West India Company .. 433 Swedish Lutheran Church 433 Exclusion of New Englanders from the Delaware . 434 Collisions of the Dutch and Swedes .... 434 New England Encroachments toward the Upper Hudson .. 434 Internal Troubles at New ...
... West India Company .. 433 Swedish Lutheran Church 433 Exclusion of New Englanders from the Delaware . 434 Collisions of the Dutch and Swedes .... 434 New England Encroachments toward the Upper Hudson .. 434 Internal Troubles at New ...
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... WEST INDIES ; and he zealously persisted , and died in the belief , that those new lands were a part of Cathay , or Farther India . Amerigo Vespucci , following presently in the track of Columbus , seems first to have perceived in those ...
... WEST INDIES ; and he zealously persisted , and died in the belief , that those new lands were a part of Cathay , or Farther India . Amerigo Vespucci , following presently in the track of Columbus , seems first to have perceived in those ...
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... western seas . Among those who shared this feeling was John Cabot , by birth a Venetian , but long settled at Bristol , the principal port in the west of England , and , next to London , the chief mart of British commerce . The ...
... western seas . Among those who shared this feeling was John Cabot , by birth a Venetian , but long settled at Bristol , the principal port in the west of England , and , next to London , the chief mart of British commerce . The ...
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adventurers afterward alarm already America Amsterdam appointed arrived Assembly authority Bacon Boston called Cape Cape Cod Catholic CHAPTER chief church chusetts claimed coast colonists command commission commissioners Connecticut corn council Court deputies Dutch elders election emigrants enacted Endicott England English enterprise established expedition favor freemen French gland Gorges governor grant hundred Indians inhabitants Isle of Kent James River Jamestown jurisdiction king king's land late letter Lord Baltimore magistrates Maryland Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay ment merchants miles minister Narraganset Netherland obtained offense party passage to India patent Pequods persons plantation Plymouth Plymouth colony possession presently prisoners proceeded province provisions punishment Puritan Quakers religious returned Rhode Island River royal sachem sailed sent Sept servants settlement settlers ships shore soon Spanish tion town trade tribes United Colonies vessels Virginia Virginia Company voyage West Indies Williams Winthrop
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