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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III BALBOA AND THE PACIFIC. when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise - Silent, upon a peak in Darien. Keats: On Firat Looking into Chapman's Homer. In his Espafiola letter of October, 1498, to the Spanish sovereigns, Columbus told them two things: first, that he had discovered the Earthly Paradise, which being on the top of the stem of the earth was "near heaven" and unattainable "save by God's permission"; and, second, that at Paria he had found pearls. The latter announcement was the moving one, and in 1499 two private expeditions set forth almost simultaneously to the Pearl Coast, one piloted by Juan de la Cosa but commanded by Alonso de Ojeda, a knight of truly Spanish audacity, companion of Columbus in 1493; and the other commanded by Pero Alonso Nifio, one of Columbus's pilots in 1493 and 1498. The voyage of Nifio, so far as the gathering of riches was concerned, proved a success quite beyond anything achieved by Columbus, for it was rewarded by quantities of pearls. Ojeda was less successful in finding pearls, but he brought away some two hundred natives to be sold as slaves. In 1508 he was made Governor of the district of Uraba, which extended from the Darien (Atrato) River eastward to the Gulf of Venezuela and was called Castilla del Oro. West of Uraba, as far as Cape Gracias a Dios in Honduras, the coast, under the appellation of Veragua, was in 1508 assigned for government to Diego de Nicuesa, a rich and accomplished planter of Espanola. The significance of Ojeda and Nicuesa, however, lies not so much in themselves as in their three associates - Vespucci, Balboa, and Pizarro; especially in Balboa, the true precursor of Cortes, with whom in a variety of respects he Books Biography & Autobiography~~General Spanish-Conquerors~~Irving-Berdine-Richman Nabu Press This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.<

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III BALBOA AND THE PACIFIC. when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise - Silent, upon a peak in Darien. Keats: On Firat Looking into Chapman's Homer. In his Espafiola letter of October, 1498, to the Spanish Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III BALBOA AND THE PACIFIC. when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific - and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise - Silent, upon a peak in Darien. Keats: On Firat Looking into Chapman's Homer. In his Espafiola letter of October, 1498, to the Spanish sovereigns, Columbus told them two things: first, that he had discovered the Earthly Paradise, which being on the top of the stem of the earth was "near heaven" and unattainable "save by God's permission"; and, second, that at Paria he had found pearls. The latter announcement was the moving one, and in 1499 two private expeditions set forth almost simultaneously to the Pearl Coast, one piloted by Juan de la Cosa but commanded by Alonso de Ojeda, a knight of truly Spanish audacity, companion of Columbus in 1493; and the other commanded by Pero Alonso Nifio, one of Columbus's pilots in 1493 and 1498. The voyage of Nifio, so far as the gathering of riches was concerned, proved a success quite beyond anything achieved by Columbus, for it was rewarded by quantities of pearls. Ojeda was less successful in finding pearls, but he brought away some two hundred natives to be sold as slaves. In 1508 he was made Governor of the district of Uraba, which extended from the Darien (Atrato) River eastward to the Gulf of Venezuela and was called Castilla del Oro. West of Uraba, as far as Cape Gracias a Dios in Honduras, the coast, under the appellation of Veragua, was in 1508 assigned for government to Diego de Nicuesa, a rich and accomplished planter of Espanola. The significance of Ojeda and Nicuesa, however, lies not so much in themselves as in their three associates - Vespucci, Balboa, and Pizarro; especially in Balboa, the true precursor of Cortes, with whom in a variety of respects he Books, Biography & Autobiography~~General, Spanish-Conquerors~~Irving-Berdine-Richman, 999999999, The Spanish Conquerors, Irving Berdine Richman, 1141493810, Nabu Press, , , , , Nabu Press<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Nabu Press, 278 Seiten, L=189mm, B=246mm, H=15mm, Gew.=499gr, [GR: 21600 - TB/Belletristik/Biographien, Erinnerungen], [SW: - Biography / Autobiography], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.<

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