 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1848 - 518 pages
...by the Admiral in October 1498 from Hayti. " Each time that I sail from Spain to the Indies, I fiud as soon as I arrive a hundred nautical miles to the...to the northwest ; and when I had passed this line (ray a), as if I had passed the ridge of a hill (como quien traspone una cuesta), I found the sea covered... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1848 - 552 pages
...as I came a hundred leagues to the west of the Azores, I found a remarkable change in the movements of the heavenly bodies, in the temperature of the air, and in the properties of the sea. I have remarked those changes with especial care, and have noticed that the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...as I arrive a hundred miles to the west of the Azores, an extraordinary alteration in the movements of the heavenly bodies, in the temperature of the...recognised that the needle of the Mariner's Compass, the deviation of which had been north-east, now turned to the north-west." An eloquent writer thus... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 478 pages
...as I arrive a hundred miles to the west of the Azores, an extraordinary alteration in the movements of the heavenly bodies, in the temperature of the...observed these alterations with particular care, and have recognized that the needle of the Mariner's Compass, the deviation of which had been northeast, now... | |
 | John Timbs - 1868 - 448 pages
...as I arrive a hundred miles to the west of the Azores, an extraordinary attraction in the movements of the heavenly bodies, in the temperature of the...the character of the ocean ; I have observed these attractions with particular care, and have recognised that the needle of the Mariner's Compass, the... | |
 | comte Roselly de Lorgues - 1870 - 638 pages
...constancy of the temperature only equals its mildness. Columbus remarked "an extraordinary change in the heavenly bodies, in the temperature of the air, and in the state of the sea." Examining unceasingly the new face of this new nature he had met with, his genius... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1880 - 470 pages
...India, as soon as I have proceeded about a hundred nautical miles to the west of the Azores, I perceive an extraordinary alteration in the movement of the...temperature of the air, and in the character of the sea. I have observed these alterations with especial care, and I notice that the mariner's compass... | |
 | Arthur James Weise - 1884 - 442 pages
...India, as soon as I have proceeded about a hundred nautical miles to the west of the Azores, I perceive an extraordinary alteration in the movement of the...temperature of the air, and in the character of the sea. I have observed these alterations with especial care, These noticeable differences in the variations... | |
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I find as soon as I arrive a hundred nautical miles to the west of the Azores, an extraordinary alteration in the movement of the heavenly bodies, in the temperature of the air, and in the character of the ocean. I have observed these alterations with... 