 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 542 pages
...adventurous Portuguese in 1498. Vasquez de Gama landed at Calicut, on the Malabar, with three ships, and " took possession " of the country in the name of the king of Portugal. Rapidly his subjects spread conquest and blood in every direction ; and twenty-four years... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 546 pages
...adventurous Portuguese in 1498. Vasquez de Gama landed at Calicut, on the Malabar, with three ships, and " took possession " of the country in the name of the king of Portugal. Rapidly his subjects spread conquest and blood in every direction ; and twenty-four years... | |
 | Protestant Episcopal Historical Society - 1853 - 416 pages
...1605, the expedition of De Monts, (as before stated,) ascended the Kennebec River, erected a cross, and took possession of the country in the name of the king of France. In 1612, De Biencourt and Biart visited the same river, and brought the natives to the profession... | |
 | Hakluyt Society - Voyages and travels - 1851 - 288 pages
...of the resurrection ; the Spaniard calleth Easter the flourishing 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... | |
 | William Stoodley Bartlet - Clergy - 1853 - 410 pages
...1605, the expedition of De Monts, (as before stated,) ascended the Kennebec River, erected a cross, and took possession of the country in the name of the king of France. In 1612, De Biencourt and Biart visited the same river, and brought the natives to the profession... | |
 | James Wickes Taylor - Indians of North America - 1854 - 602 pages
...voyages along the northern coast of North America, sailed up the River St. Lawrence as far as Montreal, and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. On the 17th of June, 1673, Father Marquette and M. Joliet reached the Mississippi by the channels... | |
 | James Wickes Taylor - Ohio - 1854 - 562 pages
...voyages along the northern coast of North America, sailed up the River St. Lawrence as far as Montreal, and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. On the 17th of June, 1673, Father Marquette and M. Joliet reached the Mississippi by the channels... | |
 | William Allen - History - 1857 - 930 pages
...Bellisle. 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... | |
 | Compendium - 1858 - 584 pages
...adventurers, subdued this un warlike people; put their king, Montezuma, in chains ; murdered his successor, and took possession of the country, in the name of the king of Spain. 699. Peru was next invaded, AD 1527, by the Spaniards, under Pizarro, and Almagro, on the pretext... | |
 | Compendium - 1858 - 174 pages
...adventurers, subdued this unwarlike people; put their king, Montezuma, in chains ; murdered his successor, and took possession of the country, in the name of the king of Spain. 699. Peru was next invaded, AD 1527, by the Spaniards, under Pizarro, and Almagro, on the pretext... | |
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Nuevitas and took possession of the country In the name of the King of Spain. 
