 | Open-air treatment - 1926 - 662 pages
...Smith and the Virginia settlers first landed in 1606. Here they raised a cross, held divine service, and took possession of the country in the name of the King of England, afterwards proceeding to Jamestown where the first permanent English settlement in America... | |
 | Lutheran Church - 1919 - 430 pages
...and, crossing the .Atlantic, tried to find a passage north of the continent. He entered Hudson Bay and took possession of the country in the name of the King of Denmark, calling it Nova Dania. But the men could not stand the climate and died rapidly. The chaplain... | |
 | Geography - 1851 - 298 pages
...of the resurrection ; the Spaniard calleth Easter the nourishing day He landed on the 2nd of April, and took possession of the country in the name of the king of Castile. The warlike people of the coast of Cautio (a name given by the Indians to all the country... | |
 | Adam Grohman, Andrew Campbell - 70 pages
...Cuba was discovered by Christopher Columbus. On October 17, 1492, he landed at the Bay of Nuevitas and took possession of the country in the name of the King of Spain. Named successively Juana, Santiago and Ave Maria, the island finally regained the original Indian... | |
 | United States - 1909 - 752 pages
...having discovered the Rio de la Plata in the year 1515, and it was he who first landed on Uruguayan soil and took possession of the country in the name of the King of Spain. This act cost him his life, the savage Chauras, who at that time inhabited the country, attacking... | |
 | Pan American Union - America - 1910 - 1252 pages
...first voyage of exploration, on October 28, 1492. He landed at what is now called the Bay of Nuevitas and took possession of the country in the name of the King of Spain. The country was called successively Juana, Santiago, and Ave Maria, finally regaining its original... | |
 | South Dakota - 1938 - 557 pages
...1743. 'On March 30 of that year they climbed a "gumbo" hill above the present site of Fort Pierre, and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France ; and in proof of this, they buried an inscribed lead plate and raised a cairn of stones over... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Irrigation - 1906 - 1066 pages
...probably near Swift Run Gap. He descended into the valley, crossed the river, which he named Euphrates, and took possession of the country in the name of the King of England. There were no direct results from the- expedition, hut it had the good effect of dispelling... | |
 | Almanacs - 1942 - 1020 pages
...first voyage ol exploration (Oct. 28, 1492), He landed at what Is now known as the Bay of Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King oí Spain. It was called successively Juana, Santiago and Ave María, finally regaining its Indian... | |
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Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King of Spain. 
