A Popular History of the United States of America: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day : Embracing an Account of the Aborigines, the Norsemen in the New World, the Discoveries by the Spaniards, English, and French, the Planting of Settlements, the Growth of the Colonies, the Struggle for Liberty in the Revolution, the Establishment of the Union, the Development of the Nation, the Civil War, and the Centennial of IndependenceJones Bros. & Company, 1877 - 688 страница |
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... hundred thousand dollars , with an annual tribute afterwards . 1 In the mean time , Velasquez , the Spanish governor of Cuba , jealous of the fame of Cortez , had despatched a force to Mexico to arrest his progress and to supersede him ...
... hundred thousand dollars , with an annual tribute afterwards . 1 In the mean time , Velasquez , the Spanish governor of Cuba , jealous of the fame of Cortez , had despatched a force to Mexico to arrest his progress and to supersede him ...
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... hundred of the Indians were killed or burned to death . Eighteen of De Soto's men were killed , and a hundred and fifty wounded . The Spaniards also lost about eighty horses and all of their baggage . The ships of supply had meanwhile ...
... hundred of the Indians were killed or burned to death . Eighteen of De Soto's men were killed , and a hundred and fifty wounded . The Spaniards also lost about eighty horses and all of their baggage . The ships of supply had meanwhile ...
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... hundred miles , and seventeen days were required to make the descent . On reaching the Gulf of Mexico , they steered to the south - west ; and keeping as close to the shore as possible , after fifty - five days of buffetings and perils ...
... hundred miles , and seventeen days were required to make the descent . On reaching the Gulf of Mexico , they steered to the south - west ; and keeping as close to the shore as possible , after fifty - five days of buffetings and perils ...
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... hundred were killed outright . A few escaped into the forest , Laudonniere , the Huguenot leader , among the number , and making their way to the coast , were picked up by the two French ships which had been saved from the storm . The ...
... hundred were killed outright . A few escaped into the forest , Laudonniere , the Huguenot leader , among the number , and making their way to the coast , were picked up by the two French ships which had been saved from the storm . The ...
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... hundred miles of the nearest settlement of the other . The nature and extent of these grants will be fully understood from an examination of the accompany- ing map . Only the London Company was successful under its charter in planting ...
... hundred miles of the nearest settlement of the other . The nature and extent of these grants will be fully understood from an examination of the accompany- ing map . Only the London Company was successful under its charter in planting ...
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