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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation 272 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 186 0 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 40 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 36 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 32 0 Browse Search
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States 28 0 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.) 24 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 18 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 16 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 14 0 Browse Search
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y, into the wild and savage interior. Thus driven from society, they conceived the idea of making some discovery of such value that their sovereign, the King of Portugal, would grant them a pardon. Animated by this ambition, they traversed the country for six years, exposed to the greatest dangers from savages, and the wild beas sentence of the convicts, and sent them, the priest and the diamond, under a proper escort, to the Viceroy at Rio Janeiro. The diamond was sent in a frigate to Portugal, and the priest sent with it to tell the story of its discovery to the King. It is needless to say that the sovereign pardoned the convicts, and enable them to he priest to their cause was also rewarded by a suitable preferment; and the diamond found by these wandering outlaws, is now the brightest jewel in the crown of Portugal. In its natural state, the diamond is often a beautiful gem; but it requires to be cut into the forms in which we usually see it, before it exhibits all its