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" ... of great rivers they found, which certainly could not proceed from an island. They report that this land is thickly peopled, and that the houses are built of very long beams of timber, and covered with the skins of fishes. They have brought hither... "
Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of ... - Page 25
by Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson - 1832 - 444 pages
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A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot: With a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery

Richard Biddle - 1831 - 344 pages
...length and covered with the skins of fishes. They have brought hither of the inhabitants, seven in all, men, women, and children, and in the other Caravel which is looked for every hour there are fifty more." Describing the captives the Ambassador says — " Questi sono de equal colore,...
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A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot: With a Review of the History of Maritime ...

Richard Biddle - 1831 - 366 pages
...length and covered with the skins of fishes. They have brought hither of the inhabitants, seven in all, men, women, and children, and in the other Caravel which is looked for every hour there are fifty more." Describing the captives the Ambassador says — " Questi sono de equal colore,...
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A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot: With a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery

Richard Biddle - 1832 - 352 pages
...length and covered with the skins of fishes. They have brought hither of the inhabitants, seven in all, men, women, and children, and in the other Caravel which is looked for every hour there are fifty more." Describing the captives the Ambassador says — " Queeti sono de equal colore,...
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Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of ...

Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1841 - 376 pages
...and too large to have proceeded from an. island. They report that this land is thickly peopled, an(Z that the houses are built of very long beams of timber,...together, nor shaped to the body in any fashion, but wrapped around their arms and shoulders exactly as taken from the animals; while they conceal the parts...
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A narrative of Arctic discovery

John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1850 - 380 pages
...length and covered with the skins of fishes. They have brought hither of the inhabitants, seven in all, men, women, and children, and in the other Caravel which is looked for every hour there are fifty more. "They are of like colour, figure, stature, and aspect, and bear the greatest...
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A Narrative of Arctic Discovery, from the Earliest Period to the Present ...

John Joseph Shillinglaw - 1851 - 402 pages
...length and covered with the skins of fishes. They have brought hither of the inhabitants, seven in all, men, women, and children, and in the other Caravel which is looked for every hour there are fifty more. "They are of like colour, figure, stature, and aspect, and bear the greatest...
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The Northern Coasts of America and the Hudson's Bay Territories

Patrick Fraser Tytler, Robert Michael Ballantyne - 1853 - 456 pages
...the present time was utterly unknown. They ran along the coast between six hundred and seven hundred miles without arriving at its termination, on which...are bringing fifty more. These people, in colour, * Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, p. 241. B figure, stature, and expression, greatly resemble gipsies; they...
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A Popular History of the United States, from the First Discovery of the ...

William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - 1888 - 706 pages
...command of Gaspar Cortcrat, arrived here They have brought hither of the inhabitants, seven in all, men, women, and children, and in the other caravel, which is looked for every hour, there are fifty more." If this was the first voyage, the other caravel subsequently arrived with the...
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The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525, Volume 1

Arthur James Weise - 1884 - 446 pages
...land is thickly peopled, and that the houses are built of very long beams of timber, and covered with the skins of fishes. They have brought hither along...hour, they are bringing fifty more. These people, in color, figure, stature, and expression, greatly resemble gypsies. They are clothed with the skins of...
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Scribner's Popular History of the United States: From the Earliest ..., Volume 1

William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 646 pages
...command of Gaspar Corterat, arrived here They have brought hither of the inhabitants, seven in all, men, women, and children, and in the other caravel, which is looked for every hour, there are fifty more." If this was the first voyage, the other caravel subsequently arrived with the...
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