An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 44T. Osborne, 1766 - World history |
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... coast of Afi , never think of fowing or reaping ; and the charac- ter of being provident no ways belongs to any of the natives we know of in America . The north - west coast of America having been thus provided with a few inhabitants ...
... coast of Afi , never think of fowing or reaping ; and the charac- ter of being provident no ways belongs to any of the natives we know of in America . The north - west coast of America having been thus provided with a few inhabitants ...
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... coast of Afia ; for even as to the Eskimaux , ( if they were not of a Welsh ori- ginal , as it is very probable they are not , ) we know fo little of them , that we cannot pofitively fay , whether or no they had any beards , or any ...
... coast of Afia ; for even as to the Eskimaux , ( if they were not of a Welsh ori- ginal , as it is very probable they are not , ) we know fo little of them , that we cannot pofitively fay , whether or no they had any beards , or any ...
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... coast of that city , and others fouth of Veraguas . FROM what has been faid relating to the commerce of Porto - bello , in the time of the galleons , an idea may be formed of that of Panama on the fame occafion , this city being the ...
... coast of that city , and others fouth of Veraguas . FROM what has been faid relating to the commerce of Porto - bello , in the time of the galleons , an idea may be formed of that of Panama on the fame occafion , this city being the ...
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... coast , unless within three or four degrees of the equator ; but the Country is watered by the rivers which fall from the Andes into the South - Sea : thefe they turn into the fields and gar dens , and have their vintage and harveft at ...
... coast , unless within three or four degrees of the equator ; but the Country is watered by the rivers which fall from the Andes into the South - Sea : thefe they turn into the fields and gar dens , and have their vintage and harveft at ...
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... coast of the South Sea ; that is , about 30 leagues . PART of the country which at prefent compofes the king- dom of Chili was fubjected to the empire of the Yncas by Yupanqui , the tenth emperor ; who , incited by the inchanting ...
... coast of the South Sea ; that is , about 30 leagues . PART of the country which at prefent compofes the king- dom of Chili was fubjected to the empire of the Yncas by Yupanqui , the tenth emperor ; who , incited by the inchanting ...
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Page 44 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic majesty, and those of his most Christian majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 15 - The food of this creature is generally wild fruits ; and when he can find none on the ground, he 'looks out for a tree well loaded, which, with a great deal of pains, he climbs ; and, in order to...
Page 82 - ... are never feen in this hot climate, but hail is fometimes very large. The dews are here fo great within land, that in a morning the water drops from the leaves of the trees, as if it had rained ; and a man riding in the night, will find his cloaths and hair very wet in a fhort time ; but there are feldom any fogs in the plains or fandy places near the fea.
Page 9 - ... they take, efpecially if they are men of confequence, are treated with all manner of barbarity, fuch as burning, hewing them to pieces, tearing their bowels out...
Page 94 - Laurence, on condition that the fubjects of France do not exercife the faid fifhery but at the diftance of three leagues from all the coafts belonging to Great Britain, as well thofe of the continent, as thofe of the iflands fituated in the faid gulph St.
Page 14 - For doubtlefs this water is too fine and active for the ftomachs of the inhabitants ; and thus produces dyfenteries, the laft ftage of all other diftempers, and which the patient very feldom furvives. The...
Page 18 - Some of thefe pearls, though indeed but few, are fent to Europe, the greater part being carried to Lima ; where the demand for them is very great, being not only univerfally worn there by all perfons of rank, but alfo fent from thence into the inland parts of Peru.
Page 10 - Ruffian conqueft, they lived in perfect freedom, having no chief, being fubjedl to no law, nor paying any taxes ; the old men, or thofe who were remarkable for their bravery, bearing the principal authority in their villages, though none had any right to command, or in8i£t punifhment.
Page 74 - September, to take in provisions and •water, with great part of their lading, and for the convenience of returning to Spain in a body. A continual fair is held till their departure, which generally happens before the end of the month, when proclamation is made, forbidding any...