Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 2Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895 |
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... arrived from Spain and the island , ready to engage in new and dangerous enterprises . On the day before the vessel sailed , Balboa met Estevan on the street , and led him apart from the crowd . 66 Estevan , I want to talk with you ...
... arrived from Spain and the island , ready to engage in new and dangerous enterprises . On the day before the vessel sailed , Balboa met Estevan on the street , and led him apart from the crowd . 66 Estevan , I want to talk with you ...
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... Arriving at mainland , they touched at the fatal harbor of Carthagena , the scene of the sanguinary conflicts of Ojeda and Nicuesa with the natives . They were alarmed , while working on a boat , by the appearance of a body of armed ...
... Arriving at mainland , they touched at the fatal harbor of Carthagena , the scene of the sanguinary conflicts of Ojeda and Nicuesa with the natives . They were alarmed , while working on a boat , by the appearance of a body of armed ...
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... arrival home , Balboa found Regidor Val- divia returned with only a limited amount of recruits and supplies . The pseudo - governor again sent him to Hispaniola with a letter to Don Diego Colum- bus , giving an account of the wonderful ...
... arrival home , Balboa found Regidor Val- divia returned with only a limited amount of recruits and supplies . The pseudo - governor again sent him to Hispaniola with a letter to Don Diego Colum- bus , giving an account of the wonderful ...
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... arrived , bringing a commission for Balboa , from an official who probably had no authority to issue it , constituting him captain - gen- eral of the colony . This shadow of a title to authority was a godsend to Balboa , for he could AN ...
... arrived , bringing a commission for Balboa , from an official who probably had no authority to issue it , constituting him captain - gen- eral of the colony . This shadow of a title to authority was a godsend to Balboa , for he could AN ...
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... 'clock they emerged from a dense forest , and arrived at a lofty and airy region of the mountain . The last summit remained to be ascended , and the guides , pointing to the emi- nence , said that from the top of it the AN UNKNOWN SEA . 51.
... 'clock they emerged from a dense forest , and arrived at a lofty and airy region of the mountain . The last summit remained to be ascended , and the guides , pointing to the emi- nence , said that from the top of it the AN UNKNOWN SEA . 51.
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Page 152 - ... cypresses which at this day fling their broad shadows over the land. In the distance beyond the blue waters of the lake, and nearly screened by intervening foliage, was seen a shining speck, the rival capital of Tezcuco, and, still further on, the dark belt of porphyry, girdling the valley around like a rich setting which Nature had devised for the fairest of her jewels.
Page 161 - Amidst a crowd of Indian nobles, preceded by three officers of state, bearing golden wands, they saw the royal palanquin blazing with burnished gold. It was borne on the shoulders of nobles, and over it a canopy of gaudy featherwork, powdered with jewels and fringed with silver, was supported by four attendants of the same rank.
Page 131 - Under him, the earth teemed with fruits and flowers, without the pains of culture. An ear of Indian corn was as much as a single man could carry. The cotton, as it grew, took, of its own accord, the rich dyes of human art. The air was filled with intoxicating perfumes and the sweet melody of birds.
Page 53 - As to yourselves, be as you have hitherto been, faithful and true to me, and by the favor of Christ you will become the richest Spaniards that have ever come to the Indies ; you will render the greatest services to your king that ever vassal rendered to his lord ; and you will have the eternal glory and advantage of all that is here discovered, conquered, and converted to our holy Catholic faith.
Page 164 - ... Cortes responded by the most profound expressions of respect, while he made ample acknowledgments for the substantial proofs which the emperor had given the Spaniards of his munificence. He then hung round Montezuma's neck A sparkling chain of colored crystal, accompanying this with a movement as if to embrace him, when he was restrained by the two Aztec lords, shocked at the menaced profanation of the sacred person of their master.
Page 298 - ... and in his dress and demeanor exhibiting all the show of sorrow." " You have acted rashly," said De Soto to him, bluntly ; " Atahuallpa has been basely slandered.
Page 279 - Tell your captain that I am keeping a fast, which will end tomorrow morning. I will then visit him, with my chieftains. In the mean time, let him occupy the public buildings on the square, and no other, till I come, when I will order what shall be done.
Page 287 - I will be no man's tributary! I am greater than any prince upon earth. Your Emperor may be a great prince ; I do not doubt it when I see that he has sent his subjects so far across the waters; and I am willing to hold him as a brother. As for the Pope of whom you speak, he must be crazy to talk of giving away countries which do not belong to him. For my faith," he continued, "I will not change it.
Page 292 - This space was to be filled with gold; but it was understood that the gold was not to be melted down into ingots, but to retain the original form of the articles into which it was manufactured, that the Inca might have the benefit of the space which they occupied. He further agreed to fill an adjoining room of smaller dimensions twice full with silver, in like manner; and he demanded two months to accomplish all this.
Page 163 - Both the cloak and sandals were sprinkled with pearls and precious stones, among which the emerald and the chalchivitl — a green stone of higher estimation than any other among the Aztecs — were conspicuous. On his head he wore no other ornament than a panache of plumes of the royal green, which floated down his back, the badge of military, rather than of regal, .rank.