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Page xi
... shores of the old world to those of the new , is that which the learned De Guignes pre- sumes to be demonstrable , from the relation given by a Chinese historian , Li - Yen , who lived at the com- mencement of the seventh century . The ...
... shores of the old world to those of the new , is that which the learned De Guignes pre- sumes to be demonstrable , from the relation given by a Chinese historian , Li - Yen , who lived at the com- mencement of the seventh century . The ...
Page xv
... shore appeared as one uninterrupted plain of slate . This country they named Helluland ( i . e . Slate - land . ) Thence they stood out to sea again , and reached a level wooded country , with cliffs of white sand . They called this ...
... shore appeared as one uninterrupted plain of slate . This country they named Helluland ( i . e . Slate - land . ) Thence they stood out to sea again , and reached a level wooded country , with cliffs of white sand . They called this ...
Page xxxii
... shores of the New World ; a fact which sets at rest the two questions of Behaim's earlier discovery , or of Colom- bus gaining his information from Behaim . * From the series of evidences contained in the pre- ceding accounts , the fact ...
... shores of the New World ; a fact which sets at rest the two questions of Behaim's earlier discovery , or of Colom- bus gaining his information from Behaim . * From the series of evidences contained in the pre- ceding accounts , the fact ...
Page xxxix
... shore . Whereupon , learning that he was not far from Lisbon , where he knew he should find many natives of Genoa , he went thither , and meeting with a gratifying recep- tion , took up his abode in that city . " The engagement here ...
... shore . Whereupon , learning that he was not far from Lisbon , where he knew he should find many natives of Genoa , he went thither , and meeting with a gratifying recep- tion , took up his abode in that city . " The engagement here ...
Page xlvi
... shores of Asia ; he proposed , if the king would supply him with ships and men , to take the direct western route to India across the Atlantic ; and his application was received at first discouragingly , but the king xlvi INTRODUCTION .
... shores of Asia ; he proposed , if the king would supply him with ships and men , to take the direct western route to India across the Atlantic ; and his application was received at first discouragingly , but the king xlvi INTRODUCTION .
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