Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 3R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... coast and Labrador . Verazzani , Cartier , and others , sailing under the French flag , had made some discoveries and taken possession of what is now Canada in the name of New France ; but , as yet , there had been only discoveries . No ...
... coast and Labrador . Verazzani , Cartier , and others , sailing under the French flag , had made some discoveries and taken possession of what is now Canada in the name of New France ; but , as yet , there had been only discoveries . No ...
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... coast , and he needed only a charter and means to send the Huguenots to America . Coligni was tall , elegant in figure and deport- ment , grave in aspect , with flowing hair and beard slightly streaked with gray , for he was about forty ...
... coast , and he needed only a charter and means to send the Huguenots to America . Coligni was tall , elegant in figure and deport- ment , grave in aspect , with flowing hair and beard slightly streaked with gray , for he was about forty ...
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... coast has been seized in the name of the king of France , and it is ours . " The princess regent was not hard to persuade into compliance with his wishes . She granted all that Coligni desired , in the name of the little king , then ...
... coast has been seized in the name of the king of France , and it is ours . " The princess regent was not hard to persuade into compliance with his wishes . She granted all that Coligni desired , in the name of the little king , then ...
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... coast of what is now known as the Carolinas . Arriving at the river of St. Croix , he built , in the midst of a most delight- ful country , Fort Charles , in honor of the king . The neighboring rivers abounded in fish , the forest was 3 ...
... coast of what is now known as the Carolinas . Arriving at the river of St. Croix , he built , in the midst of a most delight- ful country , Fort Charles , in honor of the king . The neighboring rivers abounded in fish , the forest was 3 ...
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... coast of France . Having no sail , the vessel refused to answer to her rudder , and the incessant flashes of lightning revealed to them the wild surf leaping mountains high upon the shore to which they were helplessly drifting 44 SAINT ...
... coast of France . Having no sail , the vessel refused to answer to her rudder , and the incessant flashes of lightning revealed to them the wild surf leaping mountains high upon the shore to which they were helplessly drifting 44 SAINT ...
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admiral Admiral Coligni answered arms asked attack Augustine Beaucarre boat brother cannon Carolinia Catholic chief coast Coligni colony commandant Cossel countrymen cried Cuba cunning D'Erlac D'Oranger danger dark dawn deck Duke of Guise enemy escaped expedition eyes face fate father fear fell fleet Florida forest Fort Carolinia Fort St Fourneaux Francisco Estevan French Frenchmen gazed girl gold Gourges governor guard guns hand heard heart heretics Hortense De Barre Huguenots Indians John Gyrot king knew land Laudon Laudonnière mademoiselle matchlocks Mattheo Melendez Mendoza Monsieur Gyrot morning nière night Olacatora Ottigny Outina pale persecution pirate priest prisoner Protestant rain reached Ribault river sailed sailor Saturiova savages seemed seized señor sent ship shore silence Sir John Hawkins slain smile soldiers soon Spain Spanish stood storm sword terrible thought Timagoa Trenchant vessel wild woods World young Spaniard