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George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
brave? Juan Ponce de Leon was the discoverer of Florida 1512 His youth had been passed in military service in Spain: and, during the wars in Granada, he had shared in the wild exploits of predatory valor. No sooner had the return of the first voyage across the Atlantic given an assurance of a New World, than he hastened to participate in the dangers and the fruits of adventure in America. He waste fellow voyager of Columbus in his Chap. II.} 1493. second expedition. In the wars of Hispaniola he had been a gallant soldier; and Ovando had rewarded him with the government of the eastern province of that island. From the hills in his jurisdiction, he could behold, across the clear waters of a placid sea, the magnificent vegetation of Porto Rico, which distance rendered still more admirable, as it was seen through the transparent atmosphere of the tropics. A visit to the 1508 island stimulated the cupidity of avarice; and Ponce aspired to the government. He obtained the station
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 5: (search)
subjects, if infidels, as their slaves. Even Indians of Hispaniola were imported into Spain. Cargoes of the natives of therst suggested the plan of transporting African slaves to Hispaniola; Spanish slaveholders, as they emigrated, were accompani, born in slavery among Christians, to be transported to Hispaniola. Herrera, d. i l. IV. c. XII. Thus the royal ordinan two years, there were such numbers of Africans in 1503 Hispaniola, that Ovando, the governor of the island, entreated thatIndians, the direct traffic in slaves between Guinea and Hispaniola was enjoined by a royal ordinance, Ibid. d. i. l. IX.n robust Ibid. III. 370, 371. health under the sun of Hispaniola, returning from America to plead 1517. the cause of theand refused to sanction the introduction of negroes into Hispaniola; believing Irving, III. 374, 375. that the favorable ad fraudulently transported a large cargo of Africans to Hispaniola; the rich returns of sugar, ginger, and pearls, attracte
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter VI (search)
unkirk, in the summer of 1658, was given up to his ambassador by the French king in person. Nor was this all: he desired the chief harbors in the North Sea, and the Baltic; and an alliance with Sweden, made not simply from a zeal for Protestantism, was to secure him Bremen, and Elsmore, 1657 and Dantzig, as his reward. Thurloe, VI. 478. Heeren's Works, i. 158. In the West Indies, his commanders planned the capture of Jamaica, which 1655 succeeded; and the attempt at the reduction of Hispaniola, then the chief possession of Spain among the islands, failed only through the incompetency or want Chap. VI.} of concert of his agents. It is as the rival of Holland, the successful antagonist of Spain, the protector of English shipping, that Cromwell laid claims to glory. The crown passed from the brow of his sons; his wide plans for the possession of commercial places on the continent were defeated; Dunkirk was restored; the monarchy, which he subverted, was reestablished; the nob