... tomake the voyage, and on Friday, the 3d of August, 1492, the Santa Maria (sahn'tah mah-ree'ah), the Pinta(peen'tah), and the _Ni a_ (neen'yah) set sail from Palos (pah'los), ... Lenox Library, New York.]BALBOA DISCOVERS THE PACIFIC The man who led the way to the discovery that America was notpart of Asia was Balbo&apos ;a. [6] He came to the eastern border of Panama (1510) ... greatwork was training seamen. Many men afterward famous as discoverers and navigators, as Dias (dee'ahss), DaGama (dah gah'ma), Cabral (ca-brahl'), Magellan, and Columbus, served...
... to an attempt, on the part of the Romanists, at the commencement ofthe session, to obtain a toleration for their worship, and the relaxation of some ofthe penal laws.Various attempts have ... assured that the smaller the number of actual traitors the less was the risk of discovery. They were also aware, that all, or, at all events, most ofthe Roman Catholics would jointhem, when the design ... that he had let the cellar to Thomas Percy, with the adjoining house, and that the wood and coals were the property of that gentleman. At this stage of the examination, the lord chamberlain saw...
... and “Abstract/modern design”. It also agreed that the only words to appear on the banknotes would be the name ofthe currency and the initials ofthe ECB in the different languages. A Feature ... each denomination were produced and these then set the standards for the subsequent large-scale production. In addition, a catalogue of acceptable and unacceptable banknotes (defective and ... fibre-mat forms over its surface as a deposit ofthe pulp as the water is filtered through the cylinder cover. The fibre mat is then transferred into the main part ofthe paper machine. The fibre-mat...
... exhibited almost a repetition ofthe faults of Edward II.; and the appearance ofa newand powerful dynasty the House of Lancaster in the person ofthe able and ambitious Henry IV. Thiscentury saw also ... +wain+ and +waggon+ and other pairs. All of these are butdifferent modes of pronouncing the same word in different parts of England; but the genius ofthe languagehas taken advantage of these ... +Character ofthe Scandinavian Element.+ The Northmen, as we have said, were Teutons; and theyspoke a dialect ofthe great Teutonic (or German) language. The sounds ofthe Danish dialect or language,as...
... then they followed the track of Columbus to the West India Islands, and thence along the coast of Florida] Gosnold, a master ofa small bark (1602), discovered and named Cape Cod, Martha's ... Iroquois.—Schoolcraft's Memoirs of Residence Among the Indians, and other works by the same author. —Foster's Prehistoric Races ofthe United States of America. —Bancroft's Native Races—Matthew's ... afterwards confined to Canada. CARTIER (kar-te -a) ascended the River St. Lawrence (1535) to the Indian village of Hochelaga (ho-she-lah-ga) the present site of Montreal. The town was pleasantly...
... was nuts, but the files didn't take a whole lot of space, and the 200th Anniversary ofthe Revolution [of the United States against England] was coming up, and parchment replicas of all ... knowledge in the hands of the few and away from the minds ofthe many. I predict that in the not-too-distant-future that all materials will either be circulating on the Internet, or that they will ... permission from several other colleges and/or universities, at which he has computer accounts and/or is affiliated.] as a way of life. The purpose of each on of these is and always has been to keep...
... was avoided in the name of regulatory forbearance. Repealing Glass-Steagall The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 had established a firm separation between commerce and banking in the financial ... oversaw the takeover ofthe failed bank IndyMac, the largest failure of an insured bank in history. The FDIC completed the sale of IndyMac in March of 2009. The FDIC also authorized the Temporary ... Congress passed the Financial Modernization Act, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. The act repealed all restrictions against the combination of banking, securities and insurance operations...
... the papacy and ofthe monastic orders and the emergence ofa feudal civilization out ofthe chaos ofthe Dark Ages, the constant preoccupation of architecture was to evolve from the basilica type ... the above phases of Western art; one under the influence of Mohammedan civilization, another in the Brahman and Buddhist architecture of India, and the third in China and Japan. The first of these ... support, and hence the nature ofthe structural design. A comparison, for example, ofthe plans of the Hypostyle Hall at Karnak (Fig. 11, h) and ofthe Basilica of Constantine (Fig. 58) shows at...
... but he had not the advantage ofthe stores of material which are now available. Through the indefatigable enthusiasm ofthe late Dr. Hocken the journals ofthe early missionaries have been ... much in advance of its time, would have withered like Jonah's gourd, and have come to an end with the premature decease of Ruatara." For a few days after the arrival ofthe Ann at Port ... strife.Thy fathers have slain his fathers, each taken a life for a life.Thy father had slain his father: how long shall the murder last?Go back to the island of Finn, and suffer the past to be past."...
... d'Amours, the youngest ofthe quartette, came to Acadia rather later than his brothers and was granted a seigniory at Canibecachice (Kennebecasis), a league and a half along each side ofthe ... lakes at the head of Eel River, by a short portage, to the chain of lakes at the head ofthe St. Croixfrom which there was communication by another short portage with the Mattawamkeag, an eastern ... entered the Bay of Fundy,to which the Sieur de Monts gave the name of La Baye Francaise. Champlain has left us a graphic account of the voyage of exploration around the shores ofthe bay. In...