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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 74 6 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 42 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 20 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 17 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers 8 0 Browse Search
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C. Julius Caesar, Commentaries on the Civil War (ed. William Duncan) 4 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 2 (search)
also rejoice, as well on account of the exaltation of our faith, as on account of the increase of our temporal prosperity, of which not only Spain, but all Christendom, will be partakers. Such are the events which I have briefly described. Farewell. Christopher Columbus, Admiral of the Fleet of the Ocean. Lisbon, the 14th of March. Ii.—Second voyage of Columbus. [this description is taken from a letter by Dr. Chanca, physician to the fleet of Columbus, to the authorities of Seville, Dr. Chanca's residence.] On the first Sunday after All Saints, namely, the 3d of November, 1493], about dawn, a pilot of the ship Capitana cried out, The reward! I see the land! The joy of the people was so great, that it was wonderful to hear their cries and exclamations of pleasure. And they had good reason to be delighted; for they had become so wearied of bad living, and of working the water out of the ships, that all sighed most anxiously for land . . . . On the morning of th
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 6 (search)
gave him not a sum of money which he demanded to buy a ship, they broke off again . . . . . The Portuguese departed from Elvas the 15th of January, and came to Seville the 19th of the same month, and went to the lodging of the governor, and entered into a court, over the which there were certain galleries where he was, who came to dinner. And, being at dinner, he commanded his steward to seek a lodging for them near unto his own, where they might be lodged. The adelantadodeparted from Seville to Saint Lucar with all the people which were to go with him. And he commanded a muster to be made, at the which the Portuguese showed themselves armed in very brn the camp, they were received with the like. With the same joy. III.—The story of John Ortiz. This Christian's name was John Ortiz; and he was born in Seville in worshipful parentage. Of a good family He was twelve years in the hands of the Indians. He came into this country with Pamphilo de Narvaez, and returned in