An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 14C. Bathurst, 1760 |
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Africa againſt alfo almoſt amongſt antient Arabs befides beſt called camels Cape caufed cauſe Chriftians citat cloſe coaft confiderable confifts conquefts courſe Croix defcribed defign diſtance eafily Egypt eſpecially eſteemed faid fame fays feems feen fent ferve fettled feven feveral fhall fhew fhips fhould fide filk fince firft firſt fituated fize fmall fome foon fouth freſh ftands ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed greateſt Guanches hath Hejra Hift hiftory himſelf houſes ibid inhabitants iſland itſelf Kairo Kayro Khalif kind kingdom laft laſt leagues leaſt lefs Leo Africanus leſs likewife MAILLET Mamluks marabouts MARMOL meaſure Mecca moft moſt mountains muſt natives Numidia obferved occafion oppofition perfons Portugueſe prefent prince province raiſed reafon Red Sea refidence refpect reft reign river ſhall ſmall ſtate ſtill Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion ubi fup uſe vaft weft whilft whofe
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Pagina 86 - Greeks adopted a new method, writing their lines alternately from the right to the left, and from the left to the right.
Pagina 445 - Madeira, fituated on the fouth part of the ifland, with an indifferent harbour before it for ihipping, fortified by a citadel, and furnifhed with ftonewalls, befides other works which command the road. This town is computed to be a mile in length, and three quarters of a mile in breadth, populous, regular, and decorated with feveral fine buildings, a variety of churches, convents, chapels, and the governor's palace. Of all others, the Jefuits church merits particular notice, for its dimenfions, elegance,...
Pagina 10 - ... and witchcraft ; and, in a word, to every vice that came in their way, or within their reach b. One of them, who knew them better than any other ftranger, hath fummed up their infamous character in the moft lively colours, in thefe few words c. It is hardly poflible to find in any African * LABAT.
Pagina 387 - European fervants about him ; all the reil are natives, who pay him an implicit obedience, and are bigotted in their attachment to the Roman catholic faith. On the fouth-eaft end of the ifland are two rocks, one of which is low, and upon a level with the furface of the fea, the other higher and larger, but both dangerous in the night to {hipping.
Pagina 455 - It is remarkable, that no fhips, exprefly fent upon this difcovery, were ever fortunate enough to fall in with the ifland of St: Borondon, tho* the Spaniards have made feveral attempts from the Canaries. Hence it has been called the Marvellous...
Pagina 461 - Tercera is fertile, pleafant, and healthy; the very rocks, which elfewhere are dry and barren, produce here excellent vines, though not equal to thofe raifed in the Canaries and Madeira. The land yields large crops of wheat and other...
Pagina 463 - Happily thefc dorms are preceded by infallible tokens, with which long experience has made the inhabitants perfectly acquainted. On thefe occafions, the Pico, or peak, is overcaft with clouds, and grows exceedingly dark ; but what they repute the moft certain criterion is the fluttering and chirping of flocks of birds round the city, for fome days before. AT Angra are kept the royal magazines for anchors, cables, fails, and all forts of ftores, -for the royal navy, or occafionally for merchant-men...
Pagina 174 - Nile, and prefents you with the moft pleafant profpeft of gardens, orchards, and of the fiue.fl fruit and corn fields, excellently well cultivated (O) . THE caftle ftands about two miles north of the town, on the weft fide of the river. It is a fquare building, with round towers at the four corners, and port-holes at the bottom of it, and fome pieces of brafs cannon. There were likewife fome others, made after the ancient way ; that is, of bars and hoops of iron, with fome flowers de luce, and other...
Pagina 455 - ... of every kind. They moreover add, that it is peopled by Chriftians, who have a language of their own, apparently combined of a variety of modern languages ; for, fay they, whoever underftands the European tongues, may make ftiift to hold converfation with this people.
Pagina 388 - ... and only two of wood, which belong to the Portuguefe. All the inhabitants are meanly cloathed ; the women go bare-headed, and have alfo the upper part of the body naked, modefty being defended by a piece of linen wrapt under their ftomach, and falling down in the form of a petticoat, or wide apron, to the knees. As to the men, they wear only a linen girdle round the loins, with a fmall flap before. The women carry their children on their backs, and fuckle them over the fhoulder...