History of the United StatesH. Holt, 1916 - 575 pages |
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... river ( the Mississippi ) beyond Lake Huron and Lake Illinois ( or Michigan ) , which bears your name , the River Buade , since it was discovered in these last two years , 1673 and 1674 , as a result of the first orders you gave me as ...
... river ( the Mississippi ) beyond Lake Huron and Lake Illinois ( or Michigan ) , which bears your name , the River Buade , since it was discovered in these last two years , 1673 and 1674 , as a result of the first orders you gave me as ...
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... a third in 1498 he explored a part of the coast of South America and the mouth of the Orinoco River , thus laying the foundation of Spain's claim to that 1494 continent ; and on his fourth and last voyage in 6 THE NEW WORLD.
... a third in 1498 he explored a part of the coast of South America and the mouth of the Orinoco River , thus laying the foundation of Spain's claim to that 1494 continent ; and on his fourth and last voyage in 6 THE NEW WORLD.
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... mountains , plains , and rivers had still to be visited , and the long way searched out to the Pacific . The earliest map of Cosa map of America in 1500 . America now in existence was drawn on a large parchment DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION.
... mountains , plains , and rivers had still to be visited , and the long way searched out to the Pacific . The earliest map of Cosa map of America in 1500 . America now in existence was drawn on a large parchment DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION.
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... rivers in the hope of finding one that was salt and led on to Cipango and Cathay . So thorough was his search that he tarried three weeks at the La Plata River to make sure that this was not the desired passage . Treason and desertion ...
... rivers in the hope of finding one that was salt and led on to Cipango and Cathay . So thorough was his search that he tarried three weeks at the La Plata River to make sure that this was not the desired passage . Treason and desertion ...
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... River and New England . The next year the Spaniard Gomez carried on the search from Florida to Labrador , and in 1535 the Frenchman Jacques Cartier passed through the Gulf of St. Lawrence and up the St. Lawrence River as far as the ...
... River and New England . The next year the Spaniard Gomez carried on the search from Florida to Labrador , and in 1535 the Frenchman Jacques Cartier passed through the Gulf of St. Lawrence and up the St. Lawrence River as far as the ...
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