The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information. In five volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].James Carpenter, ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, ... White, Cochrane and Company and Murray, ... London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge., 1814 |
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Pagina 117
He proposed the adoration of the Sun as the first Divinity, and built to it a temple
at Cuzco, and close to it a house for the virgins consecrated to that deity ; and
these, it appears, should be of the royal blood, or descended of the Incas. His
reign ...
He proposed the adoration of the Sun as the first Divinity, and built to it a temple
at Cuzco, and close to it a house for the virgins consecrated to that deity ; and
these, it appears, should be of the royal blood, or descended of the Incas. His
reign ...
Pagina 277
... the Port of Quebec, in the Year 1811. built this year, containing 12,688 tons. C
5 59 487 9 57 26 II 1 2,858. QUEBEC. 277. 13,422 9 d. 0 49,296 6 8 1,750 10 8
36 16 6 18 6 0 0 12 0 1,090 16 0 6 6 10,202 12 631 17 2,774 6 8 71 0 0 386,963
...
... the Port of Quebec, in the Year 1811. built this year, containing 12,688 tons. C
5 59 487 9 57 26 II 1 2,858. QUEBEC. 277. 13,422 9 d. 0 49,296 6 8 1,750 10 8
36 16 6 18 6 0 0 12 0 1,090 16 0 6 6 10,202 12 631 17 2,774 6 8 71 0 0 386,963
...
Pagina 326
Part of the houses are built on the margin of the river, convenient for business ;
the rest are upon a hill which overlooks the lower part of the town, and
commands an extensive prospect of the river and adjacent country. The new
houses are ...
Part of the houses are built on the margin of the river, convenient for business ;
the rest are upon a hill which overlooks the lower part of the town, and
commands an extensive prospect of the river and adjacent country. The new
houses are ...
Pagina 369
In June 1786, their new chapel was consecrated, and is better built than that at
Pill- gerruh.] [Salem, a county of New Jersey, bounded e. by Cumberland, and w.
by Delaware River. It is divided into nine townships ; those on Delaware River
are ...
In June 1786, their new chapel was consecrated, and is better built than that at
Pill- gerruh.] [Salem, a county of New Jersey, bounded e. by Cumberland, and w.
by Delaware River. It is divided into nine townships ; those on Delaware River
are ...
Pagina 457
In the cavities between, lie an ochre and seed ore. It is said there will be no
occasion to sink shafts or drive levels for 50 years to come. The JEra. furnace
was built in 1787 ; the JEtna in 1788. The nearest landing at present (1795) is
Camden, ...
In the cavities between, lie an ochre and seed ore. It is said there will be no
occasion to sink shafts or drive levels for 50 years to come. The JEra. furnace
was built in 1787 ; the JEtna in 1788. The nearest landing at present (1795) is
Camden, ...
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Pagina 176 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Pagina 176 - Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Pagina 176 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Pagina 66 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Pagina 67 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Pagina 183 - The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years and that amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Plato's and other ancients applauded by some of later times; that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing; as if they were wiser than God.
Pagina 176 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have...
Pagina 548 - The lands at all other places in possession of the French people and other white settlers among them, of which the Indian title has been extinguished as mentioned in the 3d article ; and 4th.
Pagina 548 - States relinquish their claims to all other Indian lands northward of the river Ohio, eastward of the Mississippi, and westward and southward of the Great Lakes and the waters uniting them, according to the boundary line agreed on by the United States and the King of Great Britain, in the treaty of peace made between them in the year 1783.
Pagina 67 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
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| Titel | The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information. In five volumes ... Volume 4 van The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown |
| Auteur | Antonio de Alcedo |
| vertaald door | George Alexander Thompson |
| Bijdragers | James Carpenter, John Murray, Parker, John Deighton, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, White, Cochrane & Co |
| Uitgever | James Carpenter, ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, ... White, Cochrane and Company and Murray, ... London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge., 1814 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 1 dec 2006 |
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