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 32
... by the Governor Nicolas de Ovando, commdador mayor of Alcantara, and
founded upon the shore of the river Ozarna, where there is a good port, though
only fit for small vessels and frigates. The city is large, has many handsome
buildings, ...
... by the Governor Nicolas de Ovando, commdador mayor of Alcantara, and
founded upon the shore of the river Ozarna, where there is a good port, though
only fit for small vessels and frigates. The city is large, has many handsome
buildings, ...
Pagina 51
They have many flocks and herds of cattle, which contribute in no small degree to
their opulence. 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 ...
They have many flocks and herds of cattle, which contribute in no small degree to
their opulence. 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 ...
Pagina 58
EMBALSADO, a small river of the province and government of Buenos Ay res,
which runs e. and enters the river La Plata, between the rivers Caiman and Del
Rey. EMBOSCADA, a settlement of the province and government of Paraguay ...
EMBALSADO, a small river of the province and government of Buenos Ay res,
which runs e. and enters the river La Plata, between the rivers Caiman and Del
Rey. EMBOSCADA, a settlement of the province and government of Paraguay ...
Pagina 129
It has a small port fit only for small vessels. The road however is large, but of little
depth, and much exposed to all the winds. Its district is reduced, thinly peopled,
and uncultivated. The settlement lies on the shore of a river which enters itself ...
It has a small port fit only for small vessels. The road however is large, but of little
depth, and much exposed to all the winds. Its district is reduced, thinly peopled,
and uncultivated. The settlement lies on the shore of a river which enters itself ...
Pagina 272
empties into the Dan, about four miles above the mouth of Staunton river.] [HYDE,
a maritime ... The rivers Chipalo and Combeima run near the city, and upon their
shores the natives find and wash much gold. These, the ... IBARAI, a small river ...
empties into the Dan, about four miles above the mouth of Staunton river.] [HYDE,
a maritime ... The rivers Chipalo and Combeima run near the city, and upon their
shores the natives find and wash much gold. These, the ... IBARAI, a small river ...
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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.
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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...
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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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