A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels: Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time, Volum 10W. Blackwood, 1814 |
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged ..., Volum 10 Robert Kerr Visualització completa - 1824 |
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged ..., Volum 10 Robert Kerr Visualització completa - 1814 |
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged ..., Volum 10 Robert Kerr Visualització completa - 1824 |
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Pàgina 86 - In which voyage 1 have either discovered, or brought certain intelligence of) all the rich places of the world that ever were known or discovered by any Christian. I navigated along the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Nueva Espanna, where I made great spoils. I burnt and
Pàgina 347 - had killed 500 goats while on the island, besides having caught as many more, which he marked on the ear and let them go. When his powder failed, he run down the goats by speed of foot; for his mode of living, with continual
Pàgina 347 - down the goats by speed of foot; for his mode of living, with continual exercise of walking and running, cleared him of all gross humours, so that he could run with wonderful swiftness through the woods, and up the hills and rocks, as we experienced
Pàgina 86 - to see her overthrow them all. For the places of their wealth, whereby they have maintained and made their wars, are now perfectly discovered ; and, if it please her majesty, with a small power she may take and spoil them all. Right Honourable, It hath pleased the Almighty to suffer me to
Pàgina 86 - great quantity of treasure. The matter of most profit unto me was a great ship of the king's, which I took at California, which ship came from the Philippines, being one of the richest for
Pàgina 87 - refresh themselves; and, from that island, God hath suffered me to return into England. All which services, together with myself, I humbly prostrate at her majesty's feet, desiring the Almighty long to continue her reign among us; for at this day she is the most famous and
Pàgina 344 - gun, and showing lights in our mizen and fore shrouds, that our boat might find us, as we had fallen to leeward of the island. Our boat came aboard again about two in the morning, having turned back on seeing the light ashore when within a league, and we were glad they had got
Pàgina 347 - he sometimes boiled, and at other times broiled, as he did his goat's flesh, of which he made good broth, for they are not so rank as our goats. Having kept an account, he said
Pàgina 348 - offered him a dram, which he refused, not having drank any thing but water all the time he had been on the island, and it was some time before he could relish our provisions. He could give us no farther account of the productions of the island than has been already, except that
Pàgina 347 - catching goats for us. We had a bull-dog, which we sent along with several of our nimblest runners to help him in catching goats, but he