 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1922 - 908 pages
...Joliet descended it almost to its mouth, and in 1682 La Salle passed through it to the Gulf of Mexico and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. Counting as a part of it the longest branch of the drainage system, the Missouri, which far... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1889 - 512 pages
...Colbert, the place where La Salle had landed near the Mississippi, and the spot where he planted a cross, and took possession of the country in the name of the King, are mentioned.8 I base my opinion, thirdly, on a letter of Count Frontenac. In this letter, which was... | |
 | Open-air treatment - 1926 - 664 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 - 428 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... | |
 | Pan American Union - America - 1910 - 1254 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... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1906 - 1072 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King of Spain. 
