 | 1876 - 1186 Seiten
...the practice of despatching two or more light- vessels (caravelas) every year on their own account " in search of the island of Brazil and the seven cities according to the fancy of that Italian Cabot," at least such was the report transmitted by the Spanish Envoy in London to the... | |
 | Sir John Richardson - 1861 - 438 Seiten
...Genoese like Colon, and who has been in Seville and in Lisbon asking assistance for his discoveries. The people of Bristol have for the last seven years sent out two, three, or four light ships (caravelas) in search of the island of Brazil and the Seven Cities,... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1868 - 338 Seiten
...sovereigns in 1498, " the people of Bristol have sent out every year two, three, or four light ships in search of the island of Brazil and the Seven Cities, according to the fancy of this Genoese," — Genoese being written in error for Venetian.! About the first outcome of John Cabot's fancy, occurring... | |
 | 1868 - 460 Seiten
...like Columbus, and who has been In Seville and in Lif" bon, asking assistance for his discoveries. The people of "Bristol have, for the last seven years, sent out everr '•year two, three, or four light ships (caratrlai}, in ' search of the Island of Brazil and... | |
 | Henry Stevens (Jr.) - 1869 - 76 Seiten
...Genoise, like Columbus, and who has been in Seville and in Lisbon, asking assistance for his discoveries. The people of Bristol have, for the last seven years, sent out every year two, three or four caravels in search of the island of Brazil and the Seven Cities, according to the fancy of this Grenoise.... | |
 | Johann Georg Kohl, William Willis - 1869 - 330 Seiten
...Spanish envoy in England, in a letter to his sovereigns, Ferdinand and Isabella, dated July 25, 1498, " sent out every year two, three, or four light ships (caravelas) in search of the islands of Brazil and the Seven Cities, according to the fancy of that Italian (John Cabot)."* The... | |
 | William Cornwallis Cartwright - 1870 - 344 Seiten
...assistance for his discoveries. The people of Bristol have, for the last seven years, every year sent out two, three, or four light ships (caravelas), in search...cities, according to the fancy of this Genoese. The king has determined to send out (ships), because the year before they brought certain news that they... | |
 | Franz von Holtzendorff, Rudolf Virchow - 1871 - 920 Seiten
...assistance for his discoveries. The people of Bristol have, for the last seven years, every year sent out two, three or four light ships (caravelas), in search...Cities, according to the fancy, of this Genoese. The king has determined to send out (ships), because the year before they brought certain news that they... | |
 | Sammlung - 1871 - 926 Seiten
...assistance for his discoveries. The people of Bristol have, for the last seven years, every year sent out two, three or four light ships (caravelas), in search...Cities, according to the fancy of this Genoese. The king has determined to send out (ships), because the year before they brought certain news that they... | |
 | William Schaw Lindsay - 1874 - 674 Seiten
...ip 177, •under date July 25, 1498, " that the people of Bristol sent out every year two or three light ships, caravelas, in search of the island of...Brazil and the seven cities, according to the fancy of that Italian Cabot ; and that they have done so /or the last seven years," (ie, before Columbus had... | |
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The people of Bristol have, for the last seven years, sent out every year two, three, or four light ships (caravelas), in search of the island of Brazil and the seven cities, according to the fancy of this Genoese. 
