Tài liệu General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 ppt

... south, to get clear of the tracts of former navigators, and to get into the latitude of the islands of Middleburgh and Amsterdam; for I intended to run as far west as these islands, and to touch there ... I named it Hervey's Island, in honour of the Honourable Captain Hervey of the navy, one of the lords of the Admiralty, and afterwards Earl of Bristol. As the l...

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... mentions Tauricius of Vannes, as the general overseer of the Gallic trade, the patron or head of the watermen on the Seine and Loire, and the regulator of weights, measures, and carriages; and other ancient ... rarity and value of the different spices of aromatics among the ancients: of frankincense he presented ten talents, of myrrh one talent, of cassia two pou...

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... appearance of an island. Between this land and Cape Egmont lies the bay, the west side of which was our situation at this time, and the land here is of a considerable height, and diversified by bill and ... latitude of 42° 8', these mountains lie farther inland, and the sea-coast consists of woody hills and valleys, of various height and extent, and has much a...

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... Shelekof, of Ismaelof and Betsharoff, and of Billings, all of which were performed betwixt 177 8 and 179 2. The second of these, according to Mr Coxe's opinion, is by far the most interesting of ... both in the sea of Okotzk, and on the side of the eastern ocean, and, when caught, are turned to a variety of uses. Of the skin they make the soles of their sho...

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... small bird of the finch kind, about the size of a linnet, of a dark dusky colour, whitish below, with a black head and neck, and white bill; and a sand-piper, of the size of a small pigeon, of a dusky ... though, in general, they were much higher. In the middle of the Sound are a number of islands of various sizes. The depth of water in the middle of the Sound, a...

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... revenge, and sacrificed the lives of eight, and the liberty of four of the natives, to the memory of Gonzales da Cintra and the mariners of Gram. On this occasion two of the Portuguese officers ... E. SECTION III. _Of the Empire of Melli, and some curious particulars of the Salt Trade: Of the Trade in Gold: Of the, Azanhaji; and concerning swarms of Locusts_....

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... the alarm, and remained with most of his men to go after the kindred and subjects of the captured cacique, many of whom had fled. John Sanchez of Cadiz, one of our pilots, and a man of good reputation, ... wood, and offered to give the whole of it for the ransom of their cacique and themselves. But the lieutenant would not listen to their proposals, and ordered Qui...

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... of Burgos, having been bred up in his house. On this account, and by the advice of Olmedo, Cortes gave him the command of the district of Guatitlan, one of the most profitable in New Spain, and ... audience and the Jeronymite brotherhood, to continue our conquests, to make settlements of land and colonies according to the established rules in Hispaniola and Cuba, and t...

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... packs of white, CHAPTER XI. 100 seven of black, and four of blue _bastas,_ six packs of cotton yarn, three of _candikens,_ and one pack of _crecany,_ all of which were brought immediately on board. ... Nangasaki, and the straits of Arima appear to be the passage between the north side of Amacusa and Kiusiu E.] §6. _Arrival at Firando, and some Account of the Habi...

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... _Grant by Edward VI. of a Pension, and the Office of Grand Pilot of England to Sebastian Cabot_[18] Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God king of England, France, and Ireland, to all believers ... fleet and army for that place. In a general review at the Island of Bombay, the fleet consisted of above 400 sail of all kinds of vessels, many of which were large, more...

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