Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 3R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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Page 26
... Ribault , an experi- enced mariner , who was willing to undertake the hazardous task of planting a French colony on the new - found coast , and he needed only a charter and means to send the Huguenots to America . Coligni was tall ...
... Ribault , an experi- enced mariner , who was willing to undertake the hazardous task of planting a French colony on the new - found coast , and he needed only a charter and means to send the Huguenots to America . Coligni was tall ...
Page 32
... Ribault and an English youth , Walter Raleigh , who was interested in the cause of the Huguenots , awaiting his return . " Have you succeeded ? " asked Ribault . " I have the charter . Now , captain , proceed at once to organize your ...
... Ribault and an English youth , Walter Raleigh , who was interested in the cause of the Huguenots , awaiting his return . " Have you succeeded ? " asked Ribault . " I have the charter . Now , captain , proceed at once to organize your ...
Page 33
... Ribault was a native of Dieppe , and an ex- perienced sailor , so that he inspired great confidence in the hearts of the people , who were eager to volunteer under so valiant a leader . Two vessels of the character of Spanish caravels ...
... Ribault was a native of Dieppe , and an ex- perienced sailor , so that he inspired great confidence in the hearts of the people , who were eager to volunteer under so valiant a leader . Two vessels of the character of Spanish caravels ...
Page 34
... Ribault returned to France , hoping soon to remove the women and children of the persecuted Huguenots to this place . of refuge . The foregoing may seem to be a digression ; but if the reader will bear with us , it will be found . to be ...
... Ribault returned to France , hoping soon to remove the women and children of the persecuted Huguenots to this place . of refuge . The foregoing may seem to be a digression ; but if the reader will bear with us , it will be found . to be ...
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... Ribault followed the same course , giving to Florid- ian streams French names as he sailed along the coast , and for a while America had its Seine , its Loire , and its Garonne . As a class the French are an enthusiastic people , and ...
... Ribault followed the same course , giving to Florid- ian streams French names as he sailed along the coast , and for a while America had its Seine , its Loire , and its Garonne . As a class the French are an enthusiastic people , and ...
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