Narrative and Critical History of America: The later history of British, Spanish, and Portuguese America. 1889 |
Opinião das pessoas - Escrever uma crítica
Não foram encontradas quaisquer críticas nos locais habituais.
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Narrative and Critical History of America: The later history of British ... Justin Winsor Visualização integral - 1889 |
Narrative and Critical History of America: The later history of British ... Justin Winsor Visualização integral - 1889 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
America ante appeared Arctic Bancroft Bay Company British brought California called Canadian Captain century charter chief Church coast collection colony command discovery documents early edition England English expedition explorations Family Compact followed force Franklin French given gives governor Hist Hudson's Bay hundred important Indians interest Island James John Journal known Lake Land later London Lord Lower Canada loyalists Mexico Montreal Narrative natives North Northwest NOTE officers Panama Paris party passage passed period Port Porto Bello posts present printed province published Quebec question reached Red River region Report sent settlement ships showing Sir John sketch South Spain Spanish Strait territory tion Toronto trade United United Empire loyalist Upper Canada vessels volume Voyage West York
Passagens conhecidas
Página 89 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.
Página 5 - London; have, at their own great cost and charges, undertaken an expedition for Hudson's Bay, in the north-west part of America, for the discovery of a new passage into the South Sea, and for the finding some trade for furs, minerals and other considerable commodities, and by such, their undertaking, have already made such discoveries as do encourage them to proceed further in pursuance of their said design, by means whereof there may probably arise very great advantage to us and our kingdom...
Página 76 - Report of trials in the Courts of Canada relative to the Destruction of the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement on the Red River, with observations.
Página 233 - LIVES AND VOYAGES OF DRAKE, CAVENDISH, AND DAMPIER; Including "an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the Bucaniers.
Página 141 - Canadas, and which will terminate in independence, and freedom from the baneful domination of the mother country, and the tyrannical conduct of a small and despicable faction in the colony.
Página 93 - Reasons to shew, that there is a great Probability of a Navigable Passage to the Western American Ocean, through Hudson's Streights, and Chesterfield Inlet...
Página 89 - Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from 1818 to the present time. Under the Command of the several Naval Officers, employed by Sea and Land, in search of a North-west Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : with Two Attempts to reach the North Pole. Abridged and arranged from the Official Narratives, with Occasional Remarks.
Página 233 - The edition of 1684 was abridged the same year, and a " second ed.," " corrected and enlarged," bears also the same date ; but with a new title, though still called a "second edition," it was reissued in 1695. Bancroft, by some misconception, calls an edition entitled History of the Bucaniers of America, From their first original down to this time. Written in several languages and now collected into one volume, containing: 1.
Página 100 - NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEHRING'S STRAIT, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions : performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Capt. FW BEECHEY, RN in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28. 8vo. "The most interesting of the whole series of expeditions to the North Pole.
Página 126 - Soldiers! You are amply provided for war. You are superior in number to the enemy. Your personal strength and activity are greater. Your weapons are longer. The? regular soldiers of the enemy are generally old men, whose best years have been spent in the sickly climate of the West Indies. They will not be able to stand before you. when you charge with the bayonet.