The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information. In five volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].James Carpenter, ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, ... White, Cochrane and Company and Murray, ... London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge., 1814 |
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... jurisdiction con- tains the following settlements : Real del Monte , Tezayuca , Huaquilpa , [ Pachuca and Tasco are the oldest mining- places in the kingdom of Mexico ; and the neigh- bouring village Pachuquillo , is supposed to have ...
... jurisdiction con- tains the following settlements : Real del Monte , Tezayuca , Huaquilpa , [ Pachuca and Tasco are the oldest mining- places in the kingdom of Mexico ; and the neigh- bouring village Pachuquillo , is supposed to have ...
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... jurisdiction of Muzo and corregimiento of Tanja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada . It contains 150 house- keepers , who live by cultivating sugar - canes , cotton , and other fruits of a warm and mild climate . [ PAINTED Post , a station ...
... jurisdiction of Muzo and corregimiento of Tanja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada . It contains 150 house- keepers , who live by cultivating sugar - canes , cotton , and other fruits of a warm and mild climate . [ PAINTED Post , a station ...
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... jurisdiction of the city of Salta . Its shores abound with the pasture of simbolar , resembling the cane , and with leaves like barley , and on which the mules thrive and fatten . It is also used by the natives for interweaving the ...
... jurisdiction of the city of Salta . Its shores abound with the pasture of simbolar , resembling the cane , and with leaves like barley , and on which the mules thrive and fatten . It is also used by the natives for interweaving the ...
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... jurisdiction of the town of Sinú , and is situate at the bay of this name , near the coast . PALMAS , another , with the dedicatory title of San Luis , of the missions which are held by the religious order of S. Domingo , in the ...
... jurisdiction of the town of Sinú , and is situate at the bay of this name , near the coast . PALMAS , another , with the dedicatory title of San Luis , of the missions which are held by the religious order of S. Domingo , in the ...
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... jurisdiction extends as far as Tunja , 24 leagues further on the part towards Jiron , and the same distance to the e . and towards the town of San Christoval . It has , besides the governor , a corregidor of Indians , and an alcaldía ...
... jurisdiction extends as far as Tunja , 24 leagues further on the part towards Jiron , and the same distance to the e . and towards the town of San Christoval . It has , besides the governor , a corregidor of Indians , and an alcaldía ...
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Página 176 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Página 176 - Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 176 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Página 66 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 67 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Página 183 - The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years and that amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Plato's and other ancients applauded by some of later times; that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing; as if they were wiser than God.
Página 176 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have...
Página 548 - The lands at all other places in possession of the French people and other white settlers among them, of which the Indian title has been extinguished as mentioned in the 3d article ; and 4th.
Página 548 - States relinquish their claims to all other Indian lands northward of the river Ohio, eastward of the Mississippi, and westward and southward of the Great Lakes and the waters uniting them, according to the boundary line agreed on by the United States and the King of Great Britain, in the treaty of peace made between them in the year 1783.
Página 67 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.