 | Josiah Conder - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 332 pages
...damaged many of the principal buildings. The earthquakes of 1575, 76, and 77, were not less numerous. " On the 27th of December 1581, the population was again...volcano, which began to emit fire; and so great was the qtiantity of ashes thrown out and spread in the air, that the sun was entirely obscured, and artificial... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 524 pages
...Many severe shocks of earthquake were felt at different periods ; the one in 1565 seriously damaged many of the principal buildings ; those of 1575, 76,...artificial light was necessary in the city at midday." " The years 1585 and 6 were dreadful in the extreme. On January 16th of the former, earthquakes were... | |
 | John Lloyd Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 506 pages
...Many severe shocks of earthquake were felt at different periods ; the one in 1565 seriously damaged many of the principal buildings ; those of 1575, 76,...began to emit fire ; and so great was the quantity of ashea thrown out and spread in the air, that the sun was entirely obscured, and artificial light was... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1841 - 534 pages
...Many severe shocks of earthquake were felt at different periods ; the one in 1565 seriously damaged many of the principal buildings ; those of 1575, 76,...77 were not less ruinous. On the 27th of December, 1581,'the population was again alarmed by the volcano, which began to emit fire ; and so great was... | |
 | John L. Stephens - Central America - 1854 - 638 pages
...Many severe shocks of earthquake were felt at different periods; the one in 1565 seriously damaged many of the principal buildings; those of 1575, 76,...the volcano, which began to emit fire ; and so great wa s the quantity of ashes thrown out and spread in the air, that the sun was entirely obscured, and... | |
 | John Whetham Boddam-Whetham - Central America - 1877 - 396 pages
...inhabitants. Then followed a series of earthquakes, more or less alarming, and in 1581 the Volcan de Fuego began to emit fire, and so great was the quantity of ashes thrown out that the sun was entirely obscured, and artificial light was necessary in the city at mid-day. The... | |
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In 1558 an epidemic disorder, attended with a. violent bleeding at the nose, swept away great numbers of people ; nor could the faculty devise any method to arrest the progress of the distemper. Many severe shocks of earthquake were felt at different... 