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... Signs . There they were visited by the inhabitants of the neighbouring islands , a people who seem to have been remarkable for their natural courtesy and humanity of disposition . They showed themselves well pleased at the arrival of ...
... Signs . There they were visited by the inhabitants of the neighbouring islands , a people who seem to have been remarkable for their natural courtesy and humanity of disposition . They showed themselves well pleased at the arrival of ...
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... signs being made to them to lay down their bows and arrows , they at once obeyed . Probably they reasoned among themselves that it would be unwise by any show of resistance to provoke these strange gods who in some inexplicable manner ...
... signs being made to them to lay down their bows and arrows , they at once obeyed . Probably they reasoned among themselves that it would be unwise by any show of resistance to provoke these strange gods who in some inexplicable manner ...
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... signs to Drake to sit down . Both the king and divers other made several more orations , or , as Drake's people chose to understand them , suppli- cations that he would take the province and kingdom into 52 HEROES OF MARITIME DISCOVERY .
... signs to Drake to sit down . Both the king and divers other made several more orations , or , as Drake's people chose to understand them , suppli- cations that he would take the province and kingdom into 52 HEROES OF MARITIME DISCOVERY .
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... signs that they would resign unto him their right and title in the whole land , and become his vassals in themselves and their posterities . And the more surely to convince them that such was their true meaning and intent , the king and ...
... signs that they would resign unto him their right and title in the whole land , and become his vassals in themselves and their posterities . And the more surely to convince them that such was their true meaning and intent , the king and ...
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... 2600 , or about £ 16,000 at the present value of money , and yet nowhere show- ing any signs of defective workmanship . A practi- The cal and experienced seaman , he entered into the minutest 86 HEROES OF MARITIME DISCOVERY .
... 2600 , or about £ 16,000 at the present value of money , and yet nowhere show- ing any signs of defective workmanship . A practi- The cal and experienced seaman , he entered into the minutest 86 HEROES OF MARITIME DISCOVERY .
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Heroes of Maritime Discovery: Or Chapters in the History of Ocean Adventure ... William Henry Davenport Adams Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2009 |
Heroes of Maritime Discovery: Or Chapters in the History of Ocean Adventure ... William Henry Davenport Adams Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2009 |
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admiral afterwards anchor appeared armed arrived ashore attempt boat body Bougainville called canoes Cape Captain carried Carteret chief cloth coast colours command commodore continued course covered crew Dampier Desire discovered Drake East English entered expedition feet fell fire fish five four fresh fruit gave gold guns hands Hawkins head hope houses immediately Indians inhabitants island kind king known land leagues leaves lived Magellan March months morning natives night obtained officers Panama passed piece port present provisions reached received remained round sailed says seemed seen sent Shelvocke ships shore showed side sight signs skin soon South Spaniards Spanish stones stood Strait supplies taken took town trees vessels voyage weather wind wood wore
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Seite 166 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold ; And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
Seite 166 - At length did cross an Albatross : Through the fog it came ; As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit ; The helmsman steered us through ! And a good south wind sprung up behind ; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners...
Seite 127 - I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) — To the island-valley of Avilion ; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly ; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Seite 113 - The inhabitants of this country are the miserablest people in the world. The Hodmadods of Monomatapa, though a nasty people yet for wealth are gentlemen to these, who have no houses and skin garments, sheep, poultry, and fruits of the earth, ostrich eggs etc. as the Hodmadods have; and setting aside their human shape, they differ but little from brutes.
Seite 31 - General at this place and time, thinking himself both in respect of his private injuries received from the Spaniards, as also of their contempts and indignities offered to our country and Prince in general, sufficiently satisfied, and revenged...
Seite 24 - ... thirty-two years old, of middle height, with crisp brown hair, a broad high forehead ; grey steady eyes, unusually long ; small ears, tight to the head ; the mouth and chin slightly concealed by the moustache and beard, but hard, inflexible and fierce. His dress, as he appears in his portrait, is a loose dark seaman's shirt, belted at the waist. About his neck is a plaited cord with a ring attached to it, in which, as if the attitude was familiar, one of his fingers is slung, displaying a small,...
Seite 21 - Doughty (as he then in the presence of us all sacredly protested) was great, yet the care he had of the state of the voyage, of the expectation of her...
Seite 126 - ... flesh, by which many of them became so tame, that they would lie about him in hundreds, and soon delivered him from the rats. He likewise tamed some kids; and, to divert himself, would, now and then, sing and dance with them, and his cats: So that by the...
Seite 45 - Without presumption so deserv'da name, By knowledge once, and transformation now) In her new shape, this sacred port allow. Drake and his ship could not have wish'd from Fate A more blest station, or more blest estate ; For, lo ! a seat of endless rest is given To her in Oxford, and to him in heaven.
Seite 87 - Esperanca ; in which voyage, I have either discovered or brought certain intelligence of all the rich places of the world, which were ever discovered by any Christian.