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| Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 5 | 5 | Browse | Search |
| Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) | 4 | 4 | Browse | Search |
| A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
| Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
| Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
| George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bermudas, first English in the. (search)
Bermudas, first English in the.
Henry May, an English mariner, returning from a voyage to the West Indies in a French ship, was wrecked (Dec. 17, 1593) on one of the islands.
He and his companions in distress remained there five months, when they rigged a small vessel of 18 tons from the material of the ship, put in thirteen live turtles for provisions, sailed to Newfoundland, and thence returned to England.
These islands were named in honor of Juan Bermudez, a Spaniard, who was wrecked there in 1522.
May was the first Englishman who set foot upon them.
See Somers's Islands.
Somers Isles,
A name given to the Bermudas, in compliment to Sir George Somers, one of the commissioners for Virginia, who was wrecked there in 1609.
These islands received their present name in honor of Juan Bermudez, a Spaniard, who was wrecked upon one of them in 1522.
In 1614 the islands were settled under a charter given by King James and called Somers Isles.
In 1640 a regular government was established there.
Sir George Somers was sent there in 1610 by Lord Delaware for provisions; but, by tempests, the ship was driven northward and finally returned to Virginia.
Thence he sailed again, and, after boisterous weather and great fatigue, reached the Bermudas, where he died in 1611.
On the spot where he died the town of St. George was built.
His heart and entrails were buried in Bermuda and his body was sent to England.
In 1620 the governor of Bermuda caused a large marble slab to be laid over the portion of his remains buried there, upon which was cut an epitaph, writt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Velasquez , Diego de 1465 -1522 (search)
Velasquez, Diego de 1465-1522
Colonist; born in Cuellar, Segovia, Spain, in 1465; served in the conquest of Granada; went to Hispaniola with Columbus in 1493; and was prominent in the wars against the Indians.
In 1511, on being commissioned to conquer Cuba, he left Hispaniola with 300 soldiers and landed near the eastern extremity of the island.
The unarmed natives were easily conquered, and he found but little resistance except from Cacique Hatuey, fugitive from Hispaniola, whom he captu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Verrazzano , Giovanni da 1508 - (search)
Verrazzano, Giovanni da 1508-
Navigator; born near Florence, Italy, in 1470; went to France as a navigator as early as 1508.
He became a bold corsair, and a terror to the merchant-ships of Spain and Portugal, seizing many vessels.
In 1522 he captured the treasure-ship sent by Cortez to Charles V. with the spoils of Mexico, valued at $1,500,000. Verrazzano, according to a letter from the navigator to Francis I.,
dated July 8, 1524, and published in the collection of voyages by Ramusio in 1556, sailed from France late
Giovanni da Verrazzano. in 1523 in the ship Dauphine, under a commission from the King, and touched America first, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, in March, 1524.
In that letter he gives an account of his explorations of the North American coast from lat. 34° to 50°, at the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
He describes the people at various points, and his topographical descriptions seem to indicate that he entered the bays of Delaware, New York, and Narraganset, and