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Page ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, hy securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 33 - King's bed-chamber, and said that there seemed to be a light, and that he should look at it. He did so, and saw it. The Admiral said the same to Rodrigo Sanchez of Segovia, whom the King and Queen had sent with the fleet as inspector, but he could see nothing because he was not in a place whence anything could be seen. After the Admiral had spoken he saw the light once or twice, and it was like a wax candle rising and falling. It seemed...
Page 36 - ... bells; which trade was carried on with the utmost good will. But they seemed on the whole to me, to be a very poor people. They all go completely naked, even the women, though I saw but one girl All whom I saw were young, not above thirty years of age, well made, with fine shapes and faces ; their hair short, and coarse like that of a horse's tail, combed toward the forehead, except a small portion which they suffer to hang down behind, and never cut.
Page ii - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Page 11 - I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear. Moreover, Sovereign Princes, besides describing every night the occurrences of the day, and every day those of the preceding night, I intend to draw up a nautical chart, which shall contain the several parts of the ocean and land in their proper situations; and also to compose a book to represent the whole by picture with latitudes and longitudes,...
Page 37 - It appears to me that the people are ingenious, and would be good servants ; and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion. They very quickly learn such words as are spoken to them. If it please our Lord, I intend at my return to carry home six of them to your Highnesses, that they may learn our language.
Page 125 - So in the text, but the true distance is only eleven miles. paces, with a fine clear bottom; any ship may enter it and anchor without the least hazard. Here are two small streams, and opposite the mouth of the harbour, several plains the most beautiful in the world, and resembling those of Castile, except that they surpass them.
Page 32 - After sunset steered their original course W. and sailed twelve miles an hour till two hours after midnight, going ninety miles, which are twenty-two leagues and a half; and as the Pinta was the swiftest sailer, and kept ahead of the Admiral, she discovered land and made the signals which had been ordered. The land was first seen by a sailor called Rodrigo de Triana, although the Admiral at ten o'clock that evening standing on the quarterdeck saw a light, but so small a body that he could not affirm...
Page 173 - ... love. For this purpose I have directed that there shall be provided a store of timber for the construction of the fort, with provision of bread and wine for more than a year, seed for planting, the long-boat of the ship, a calker, a carpenter, a gunner, a cooper, and many other persons, among the number of those who have earnestly desired to serve your Highnesses and oblige me by remaining here, and searching for the gold mine.
Page 175 - Castile with him. At this time the news came that the caravel Pinta was in a river at the end of this island. Presently the cacique sent a canoe there, and the Admiral sent a sailor in it. For it was wonderful how devoted the cacique was to the Admiral. The necessity was now evident of hurrying on preparations for the return to Castile.
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| Titre | Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain Early encounters in North America Library of American civilization Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain, Bartolomé de las Casas |
| Auteur | Christopher Columbus |
| Traduit par | Samuel Kettell |
| Éditeur | T. B. Wait and Son, 1827 |
| Original provenant de | Université de Harvard |
| Numérisé | 25 juil. 2006 |
| Longueur | 303 pages |
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