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 101
The e. branch passes through several smaller lakes. From the Forks, as they are
called, the Penobscot Indians pass to Canada, up either branch, principally the w
. the source of which, they say, is not more than 20 miles from the waters which ...
The e. branch passes through several smaller lakes. From the Forks, as they are
called, the Penobscot Indians pass to Canada, up either branch, principally the w
. the source of which, they say, is not more than 20 miles from the waters which ...
Pagina 246
After passing an Indian village, about 10 miles from Quebec, called Lorette,
situated upon elevated ground, the St. Charles takes its course through a plain,
which is separated from the great river by a ridge of high land, about nine miles in
...
After passing an Indian village, about 10 miles from Quebec, called Lorette,
situated upon elevated ground, the St. Charles takes its course through a plain,
which is separated from the great river by a ridge of high land, about nine miles in
...
Pagina 260
The country people pass their time in winter very idly. Their only care seems to be
to keep themselves warm ; and their principal occupation is cutting and bringing
home firewood. They make a journey to Quebec or Montreal occasionally, ...
The country people pass their time in winter very idly. Their only care seems to be
to keep themselves warm ; and their principal occupation is cutting and bringing
home firewood. They make a journey to Quebec or Montreal occasionally, ...
Pagina 279
Bags. } Cocoa-. J ! and February, the packets pass Halifax, and deliver the.
QUEBEC. 279. Vessels entered 7,641 Tons. 216 Butts -> 7 Pipes Hhds. 227
Madeira Wine, < ;on- 10 Qr. Casks - taining 22,604 gal- 10 Half ditto Ions. 5. as. }*
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Bags. } Cocoa-. J ! and February, the packets pass Halifax, and deliver the.
QUEBEC. 279. Vessels entered 7,641 Tons. 216 Butts -> 7 Pipes Hhds. 227
Madeira Wine, < ;on- 10 Qr. Casks - taining 22,604 gal- 10 Half ditto Ions. 5. as. }*
-**.
Pagina 319
All these isles are of a very healthy climate, and vessels may pass very near to
them without the least danger ; since at the lowest tides there is five or six
fathoms depth, save on the m. side of the island of Le Pere, where there is a sand
-bank ...
All these isles are of a very healthy climate, and vessels may pass very near to
them without the least danger ; since at the lowest tides there is five or six
fathoms depth, save on the m. side of the island of Le Pere, where there is a sand
-bank ...
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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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