The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Band 1J. Humphreys, 1805 |
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... According to their doctrine , the equator contained 360 degrees ; these they divided into twenty - four parts , or hours , each equal to fifteen degrees . The country of the Seres or Sine being the farthest part of India known to the ...
... According to their doctrine , the equator contained 360 degrees ; these they divided into twenty - four parts , or hours , each equal to fifteen degrees . The country of the Seres or Sine being the farthest part of India known to the ...
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... ( according to Charlevoix ) of an imaginary country , placed in ancient Portuguese were pursuing . " From this account , for which the reader is indebted to the learned Dr. Robertson , it is evident , that the scheme of Columbus was ...
... ( according to Charlevoix ) of an imaginary country , placed in ancient Portuguese were pursuing . " From this account , for which the reader is indebted to the learned Dr. Robertson , it is evident , that the scheme of Columbus was ...
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... according to their situation in the course of the trade wind ; islands by their arrangement terininating , I believe , with Martinico , and the leeward commencing at Dominica , and extending to Porto Rico . Neither must it pass ...
... according to their situation in the course of the trade wind ; islands by their arrangement terininating , I believe , with Martinico , and the leeward commencing at Dominica , and extending to Porto Rico . Neither must it pass ...
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... according to the elevation of the land ; but , with this exception , the medium degree of heat is much the same in all the countries of this part of the globe . Called by the Indians Guanahani , by the Spaniards St. Salvadore , and is ...
... according to the elevation of the land ; but , with this exception , the medium degree of heat is much the same in all the countries of this part of the globe . Called by the Indians Guanahani , by the Spaniards St. Salvadore , and is ...
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... according to Columbus , than that of a Spanish peasant who has been much exposed to the wind and the sun . Like the Charaibes , they altered the na- tural configuration of the head in infancy ; but after a different mode ; * and by this ...
... according to Columbus , than that of a Spanish peasant who has been much exposed to the wind and the sun . Like the Charaibes , they altered the na- tural configuration of the head in infancy ; but after a different mode ; * and by this ...
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afterwards America ancient annum appears appointed assembly authority Barbadoes bill Britain British called captain Charaibes Charles Lyttleton chiefly CHIG circumstance climate coast colonel colonies colour Columbus commander in chief commission committee consent continued council court Cromwell crown Cuba D'Oyley earl of Carlisle England English Europe exports given governor guarda-costas hath Herrera Hispaniola History of Jamaica honour hundred important Indians inhabitants island of Jamaica justice king king's land laws Lord Lord Vaughan lordships maica majesty majesty's Maroons Martyr militia mountains nations natives nature negroes observed occasion Oviedo parish passed persons plantations planters Port Port Royal possessed present reader revenue Rochefort royal savannas sent ships Sir Thomas SITY slaves Spain Spaniards spaniola Spanish species sterling subjects sugar Tertre Thomas Lynch Thomas Modyford tion transmitted treaty troops UNIV unto vessels voyage West Indies whole
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Seite 123 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Seite 15 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Seite 333 - Ordinances as shall be so disallowed and not approved shall from thenceforth cease determine and become utterly void and of none Effect, any Thing to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
Seite 299 - Majesty's realms and dominions the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia, and of all forces by sea and land, and of all forts and places of strength, is, and by the laws of England ever was, the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England ; and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot, nor ought to, pretend to the same...
Seite 333 - Ordinances being not before confirmed by us shall at any Time be disallowed and not approved and so signified by us our Heirs or Successors under our or their Sign manual...
Seite 297 - WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Report from the Right Honourable the Lords, of the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs dated the first of last month in the words following Viz.
Seite 333 - And our Will and Pleasure is that the Persons thereupon duly elected by the major Part of the Freeholders of the respective Counties and Places and so returned shall before their Sitting take the Oaths mentioned in the said Act...
Seite 333 - And we do hereby give, and grant unto you, full power and authority...
Seite 77 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly : we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
Seite 89 - ... proposal. Several vessels were fitted out for the Lucayos, the commanders of which informed the natives, with whose language they were now well acquainted, that they came from a delicious country, in which the...