| Domingo Juarros - Central America - 1823 - 540 pages
...with a part of the crews, on the 14th of August, 1502, to perform mass: on the 17th they landed again, and took possession of the country, in the name of the king and queen of Castile. The admiral continued his researches, and on the 2d of November of the same year,... | |
| Christophe Koch - Europe - 1828 - 338 pages
...Sovereigns.] The discovery of Brazil belongs to the Portuguese. Alvares Cabral, the commander of their fleet, while on his route to India, was driven, by contrary...Brazil (1500), and took possession of the country in name of the King of Portugal. This colony, in the course of time, became highly important, from the... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 544 pages
...made several voyages along the northern coast, sailed up the river St. Lawrence as far as Montreal, and took possession of the country in the name of the king of France. The discoveries made by these' men in the service of France, laid the foundation of the French... | |
| William Allen - North America - 1832 - 816 pages
...In this voyage he visited the greater part of the coast, which surrounds the gulf of St. Lawrence, and took possession of the country in the name of the king; he discovered a bay, which he called baye des Chaleurs, on account of the sultry weather, which he... | |
| Christophe Koch - Europe - 1833 - 704 pages
...Sovereigns.] The discovery of Brazil belongs to the Portuguese. Alvares Cabral, the commander of their fleet, while on his route to India, was driven, by contrary...Brazil (1500,) and took possession of the country in name of the King of Portugal. This colony, in the course of time, became highly important, from the... | |
| Eliza Robbins - America - 1833 - 294 pages
...himself upon an unknown coast. He landed, discovered the soil to be fertile, and the climate agreeable, and took possession of the country in the name of the king of Portugal. This country proved to be Brazil, which is the easternmost country of South America ; and ever since, till... | |
| Christophe Koch - Europe - 1836 - 720 pages
...discovery of Brazil belongs to the Portuguese. Alvares Cabral, the commander of their fleet, while on,his route to India: was driven, by contrary winds, on the coast of Brazil (1500,) :md took possession of the country in name of the King of Portugal. This colony, in the course of time,... | |
| Christophe Koch - Europe - 1837 - 732 pages
...Sovereigns.] The discovery of Brazil belongs to the Portuguese. Alvares Cabral, the commander of their fleet, while on his route to India, was driven, by contrary...Brazil (1500,) and took possession of the country in name of the King of Portugal. This colony, in the course of time, became highly important, from the... | |
| John Mason Peck - Illinois - 1837 - 352 pages
...after descended the Illinois, and then the Mississippi, where he built one or two forts on its banks, and took possession of the country in the name of the king of France, and in honor of him called it Louisiana. After descending the Mississippi to its mouth, he... | |
| Christian Henry Bateman - 56 pages
...named Baie Dei Chaleurs, or the Hay of Heat. After having sailed westerly to Gaspe' Bay, ho landed and took possession of the country in the name of the king of France, who had fitted out the two ships which he commanded. Soon after this he returned to France,... | |
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