The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - Broj stranica: 536 |
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Stranica 17
... coaft to Newfoundland ; thence to the European coaft , and along the coaft foutherly till it meets the trade winds . It is about 75 miles from the fhores of the fouthern states . The distance increases as you proceed northward . The ...
... coaft to Newfoundland ; thence to the European coaft , and along the coaft foutherly till it meets the trade winds . It is about 75 miles from the fhores of the fouthern states . The distance increases as you proceed northward . The ...
Stranica 20
... coaft of Greenland is feparated from America but by a very narrow trait , if feparated at all ; and that the Efquimaux of America perfectly refemble the Greenlanders in their af- pect , drefs , mode of living , and probably language ...
... coaft of Greenland is feparated from America but by a very narrow trait , if feparated at all ; and that the Efquimaux of America perfectly refemble the Greenlanders in their af- pect , drefs , mode of living , and probably language ...
Stranica 21
... coaft from Davis's Straits to Cape Florida . 1502. ] Sebaftian Cabot was this year at Newfoundland ; and on his ... coaft as far as Brazil in South America . This vaft extent of country , the coaft whereof was thus explored , re ...
... coaft from Davis's Straits to Cape Florida . 1502. ] Sebaftian Cabot was this year at Newfoundland ; and on his ... coaft as far as Brazil in South America . This vaft extent of country , the coaft whereof was thus explored , re ...
Stranica 22
... coaft . Stimulated by his enterprizing neighbours , Francis I. who poffeffed a great and active mind , fent John Verrazano , a Florentine , to America , for the purpofe of making discoveries . He traversed the coaft from latitude 28 ...
... coaft . Stimulated by his enterprizing neighbours , Francis I. who poffeffed a great and active mind , fent John Verrazano , a Florentine , to America , for the purpofe of making discoveries . He traversed the coaft from latitude 28 ...
Stranica 23
... coaft of Florida , near which , on the firft of May , he difcovered and entered a river which he called May river . It is more than probable that this river is the fame which we now call St. Mary's , which forms a part of the fouthern ...
... coaft of Florida , near which , on the firft of May , he difcovered and entered a river which he called May river . It is more than probable that this river is the fame which we now call St. Mary's , which forms a part of the fouthern ...
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Stranica 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Stranica 155 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Stranica 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Stranica 35 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Stranica 35 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Stranica 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Stranica 35 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Stranica 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Stranica 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Stranica 366 - ... that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from...