 Meca" insultingly spat on the ground, saying, " Portugal ! Portugal!" and declared that the navigators were pirates. Marco Polo notes that in Malabar the testimony of one who sails by sea is not admissible, because such men are regarded as mere desperadoes....  Camoens: his life and his Lusiads, a commentary - Seite 435von sir Richard Francis Burton - 1881Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) - 1836 - 390 Seiten
...for all the necessaries he wants. They informed us, the mandarins had such a strange notion of a ship which went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them, that they could not be brought to hear reason on that head." At length the merchants became so uneasy... | |
 | John Francis Davis - 1836 - 420 Seiten
...for all the necessaries he wants. They informed us, the mandarins had such a strange notion of a ship which went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them, that they could not be brought to hear reason on that head." At length the merchants became so uneasy... | |
 | Samuel Richard Bosanquet - 1843 - 452 Seiten
...colony and market of England.* the Chinese, says, " The mandarins had such a strange notion of a ship, which went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them, that they could not be brought to hear reason on that head." — Vol. i. p. 54. * Mr. Alison says upon... | |
 | Samuel Richard Bosanquet - 1843 - 452 Seiten
...colony and market of England.* the Chinese, says, " The mandarins had such a strange notion of a ship, which went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them, that they could not be brought to hear reason on that head." — Vol. i. p. 54. In prosecuting this... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1846 - 536 Seiten
...British man-of-war, — and a strange spectacle it was to this pacific people, to whom " a ship that went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them" was a monster as extraordinary as any in their own Pantheon. They made a thousand difficulties at first... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1847 - 560 Seiten
...British man-of-war,— and a strange spectacle it was to this pacific peoplp^to whom " a ship that went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them" was a monster as extraordinary as any in their own Pantheon. They made a thousand difficulties at first... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1857 - 506 Seiten
...for all the necessaries he wants. They informed us the mandarins had such a strange notion of a ship which went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them, that they could not be brought to hear reason on that head." At length tlje merchants became so uneasy... | |
 | Samuel Mossman - 1867 - 474 Seiten
...TRADING. 101 ship, which the Chinese at first refused, but afterwards gave him, through fear " of a ship which went about the world seeking other ships in order to take them." In communicating with the mandarins, the company's agents were obliged to employ Chinese interpreters,... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1881 - 388 Seiten
...! " and declared that the navigators were pirates. Marco Polo notes that in Malabar the testihiony of one who sails by sea is not admissible, because...conditions, to land and see the City. They bought, at high Su,nc; -T"n^ 2,4 (ot. jonnj. prices, gems, cloves, cinnamon, and especially provisions. Da Gama sent... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1881 - 386 Seiten
...than the "Guisards," who are popularly supposed to have named it. The weapon is still used in China. one another's tongues. Five days afterwards Da Gama...conditions, to land and see the City. They bought, at high Sung't -T" ™*f prices, gems, cloves, cinnamon, and especially provisions. Da Gama sent Diogo Dias... | |
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