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., 1812 |
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Pagina 35
It is also called Guanare ; and according to the engineer Bellin, enters the Apurc.
Domingo, St. a peninsula, or long strip of land, formed in the grand lake Titicaca
or Chucuito, which forms the strait of Capachica. DOMINGUILLO, a settlement of
...
It is also called Guanare ; and according to the engineer Bellin, enters the Apurc.
Domingo, St. a peninsula, or long strip of land, formed in the grand lake Titicaca
or Chucuito, which forms the strait of Capachica. DOMINGUILLO, a settlement of
...
Pagina 51
At 10 miles distance, and on the shore of a river which enters the Savannah, is
the settlement of Old Ebenezer, where there are many cows as well as other
kinds of cattle for the use of the public. Ebenezer is in lat. 32° 28' ». and long. 81°
18' ...
At 10 miles distance, and on the shore of a river which enters the Savannah, is
the settlement of Old Ebenezer, where there are many cows as well as other
kinds of cattle for the use of the public. Ebenezer is in lat. 32° 28' ». and long. 81°
18' ...
Pagina 114
It runs n. for many leagues, with an inclination to the n. n. e. and then turning e.
and after receiving the waters of an infinite number of tributary streams, it enters
the sea in the aforesaid captainship. At its head it has also the name of the river
Sin ...
It runs n. for many leagues, with an inclination to the n. n. e. and then turning e.
and after receiving the waters of an infinite number of tributary streams, it enters
the sea in the aforesaid captainship. At its head it has also the name of the river
Sin ...
Pagina 200
It runs 12 leagues off from the capital, and enters the river Plata. GUAPAIRE, a
river of the province and government of Moxos in the kingdom of Quito. It rises
between the rivers Ubay and Baurcs, runs n. inclining to n. n. w. and enters the
last of ...
It runs 12 leagues off from the capital, and enters the river Plata. GUAPAIRE, a
river of the province and government of Moxos in the kingdom of Quito. It rises
between the rivers Ubay and Baurcs, runs n. inclining to n. n. w. and enters the
last of ...
Pagina 272
... the province and government of Buenos Ayres, which runs a>. and enters the
Jbiquei-guazu. IBARAINA, a settlement of the same province and government as
the former river ; situate on the shore of the river Cavacuan. IBARRA, a province ...
... the province and government of Buenos Ayres, which runs a>. and enters the
Jbiquei-guazu. IBARAINA, a settlement of the same province and government as
the former river ; situate on the shore of the river Cavacuan. IBARRA, a province ...
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Pagina 108 - Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should he after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Pagina 505 - He hath bestowed upon me for the service of His Church and people here : the prosperity whereof, and His gracious acceptance, shall be an abundant recompense to me. I conclude with this one request (which in justice may not be denied me), that as it stands upon record, that upon the discharge of my office I was called to account, so this my declaration may be recorded also, lest hereafter, when I shall be forgotten, some blemish may lie upon my posterity, when there shall be nothing to clear it.
Pagina 541 - The government was utterly unprepared for the return of the forces. They seem to have presumed, not only upon success, but upon the enemy's treasure to bear the charge of the expedition. The soldiers were upon the point of mutiny for want of their wages. It was utterly impracticable to raise in a few days such a sum as would be necessary.
Pagina 511 - Endicot, one of the assistants, to do it. It was carried for the removal. The more immediate occasion of the court's resentment against Boston was a petition signed by a great number of the principal inhabitants of that town, together with some belonging to other towns, judging and condemning the court for their proceedings against Mr. Wheelwright. At this session, Mr. Vane, the governor, could not prevent a censure upon one Stephen Greensmith, for saying that all the ministers except Mr. Cotton,...
Pagina 503 - ... he would have them severely punished, who did abuse his governor and the plantation; that the defendants were dismissed with a favorable order for their encouragement, being assured from some of the council, that his majesty did not intend to impose the ceremonies of the church of England upon us; for that it was considered, that it was the freedom from such things that made people come over to us...
Pagina 523 - Two of the ministers were present, and with much moderation and tenderness endeavored to convince her of her errors ; to which she returned the grossest railings, reproaching them as hirelings, deceivers of the people, Baal's priests, the seed of the serpent, of the brood of Ishmael, and the like.
Pagina 523 - ... and any quaker after the first conviction if a man, was to lose one ear, and the second time the other, a woman, each time to be severely whipped, and the third time man or woman to have their tongues bored through with a red hot iron, and every quaker, who should become such in the colony, were subjected to the like punishments.
Pagina 504 - Court, and that such persons as shall be hereafter so deputed by the freemen of the several plantations to deal in their behalf in the public affairs of the Commonwealth, shall have the full power and voices of all the said freemen, derived to them for the making and establishing of laws, granting of lands, &c., and to deal in all other affairs of the Commonwealth wherein the freemen have to do, the matter of election of magistrates and other officers only excepted, wherein every freeman is to give...
Pagina 509 - Court several elections as a representative for Boston, until he was excused at the desire of the church. So much respect seems to have increased her natural vanity. Countenanced and encouraged by Mr. Vane and Mr. Cotton, she advanced doctrines and opinions which involved the colony in disputes and contentions ; and, being improved to civil as well as religious purposes, had like to have produced ruin both to church and state.
Pagina 15 - ... which dies a black color, like the gall of an oak, — and hence its name. Near the middle of the Swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar; and being always green and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind, and easily blown down, in this boggy place, where the soil is too soft to afford sufficient hold to the roots. From these causes, the passage is nearly always obstructed by trees, which...
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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 2 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., 1812 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 1 dec 2006 |
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