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 255
The cultivated land does not extend far back in general. When the seigneurs, or
lords of the ... When you meet with rivers which run into the St. Lawrence, you see
cultivation carried up their banks much further. Indeed, it is on the banks of such ...
The cultivated land does not extend far back in general. When the seigneurs, or
lords of the ... When you meet with rivers which run into the St. Lawrence, you see
cultivation carried up their banks much further. Indeed, it is on the banks of such ...
Pagina 453
This, by way of distinction, is called the Upper Country, where are different modes
, and different articles of cultivation ; where the manners of the people, ... In these
swamps rice is cultivated, which constitutes the staple commodity of the state.
This, by way of distinction, is called the Upper Country, where are different modes
, and different articles of cultivation ; where the manners of the people, ... In these
swamps rice is cultivated, which constitutes the staple commodity of the state.
Pagina 454
Indigo was formerly a great source of wealth to this state, being introduced into it
about the year 1745 ; and such was the success with which it was cultivated, that
in less than two years 200,000 lbs. weight of indigo were exported to England.
Indigo was formerly a great source of wealth to this state, being introduced into it
about the year 1745 ; and such was the success with which it was cultivated, that
in less than two years 200,000 lbs. weight of indigo were exported to England.
Pagina 456
The articles cultivated are corn, rye, oats, every species of pulse and potatoes,
which, with the small rice, are food for the Negroes ; rice, indigo, cotton, and
some hemp, for exportation. The culture of cotton is capable of being increased
equal ...
The articles cultivated are corn, rye, oats, every species of pulse and potatoes,
which, with the small rice, are food for the Negroes ; rice, indigo, cotton, and
some hemp, for exportation. The culture of cotton is capable of being increased
equal ...
Pagina 549
It contains 34 families of Indians, who cultivate much maize, fruit, and cotton, and
is five leagues from its head settlement. ... It is computed that this district contains
1000 families of Indians, who, for the most part, live in the cultivated estates and ...
It contains 34 families of Indians, who cultivate much maize, fruit, and cotton, and
is five leagues from its head settlement. ... It is computed that this district contains
1000 families of Indians, who, for the most part, live in the cultivated estates and ...
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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.
Bibliografische gegevens
| 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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