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Easy Lessons in Geography and History: Designed for the Use of the Younger ... - Page 70
by Joseph Allen - 1832 - 116 pages
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History and Biographical Gazetteer of Montreal to the Year 1892

John Douglas Borthwick - Montréal (Québec) - 1892 - 660 pages
...Belleisle. 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 Baie des Chaleurs, on account of the sultry weather which he...
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The Student's Cyclopaedia: A Ready Reference Library for School & Home...

Chandler Belden Beach - 1893 - 778 pages
...voyage of the Frenchman, Jacques Cartier, in 1534, who landed on the shores of what is now Quebec, and took possession of the country in the name of the king, Francis I. But Champlain is the great hero of Canada's early history. He came in 1608, and his fellow...
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History of Our Country: A Text-book for Schools

Oscar Henry Cooper, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), William Leonard Lemmon - United States - 1895 - 556 pages
...that now known as Guanahani, or Cat Island. Columbus named it San Salvador (Holy Saviour). He landed and took possession of the country in the name of the king and queen of Spain. Believing that he had reached islands near the coast of India, he called the natives...
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Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ..., Volume 2

Henry Howe - Ohio - 1896 - 938 pages
...General of Canada with a force of about 235 soldiers and Indians (see Scioto county) down the Ohio and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France, he visited Pickawillany on his return home. Their farthest jx>int west on the Ohio was the...
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The Missouri River and Its Utmost Source: Curtailed Narration of Geologic ...

Jacob Vradenberg Brower - Geography - 1897 - 282 pages
...the world. Not so the intrepid Sieur de la Salle, who, a few years later, passed down the Mississippi and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. To him is accorded the honor of establishing Fort St. Louis on the Illinois, and on his arrival...
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A History of the United States of America: Its People, and Its Institutions

Charles Morris - United States - 1897 - 638 pages
...Cartier (zhdk cdrtya') sailed to America and entered and named the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He landed and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. The next year he sailed up the St. Lawrence River as far as an Indian village named Hochelaga....
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A History of the United States of America: With an Introduction Narrating ...

Horace Elisha Scudder - United States - 1897 - 592 pages
...name. He entered a bay, which, on account of the heat, he named the Bay of Chaleur. There he landed and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. This ceremony consisted in setting up a cross and fastening upon it the king's coat-of-arms....
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A History of United States of America: With an Introduction Narrating the ...

Horace Elisha Scudder - 1897 - 596 pages
...name. He entered a bay, which, on account of the heat, he named the Bay of Chaleur. There he landed and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. This ceremony consisted in setting up a cross and fastening upon it the king's coat-of-arms....
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Self Culture, Volume 8

Self-culture - 1899 - 972 pages
...vessels, went on shore, and after some pleasant intercourse with the Indians, erected a stone pillar and took possession of the country in the name of the King of France. This is the first scene in the most bloody tragedy ever enacted in the New World. To understand...
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A History of Georgia for Use in Schools

Lawton Bryan Evans - Georgia - 1900 - 432 pages
...Spanish name for Easter Sunday. A few days later he landed near the present site of St. Augustine, and took possession of the country in the name of the King of Spain. He turned southward, and passing through Florida Straits sailed up the western coast to a bay south of...
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