Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World, Том 1Colburn and Company, 1851 |
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... Jacques Cartier , with only sixty men , sailed from St. Malo in two small vessels , under the French flag , and nearly circumnavigated the island . He found it to be a great triangle , of irregular shape , and about nine hundred miles ...
... Jacques Cartier , with only sixty men , sailed from St. Malo in two small vessels , under the French flag , and nearly circumnavigated the island . He found it to be a great triangle , of irregular shape , and about nine hundred miles ...
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... Jacques Cartier . In the month of May , 1535 , the year after his circumnavigation of Newfound- land , he again sailed from St. Malo with three small ships . He and his followers were blessed by the bishop in the cathedral , received ...
... Jacques Cartier . In the month of May , 1535 , the year after his circumnavigation of Newfound- land , he again sailed from St. Malo with three small ships . He and his followers were blessed by the bishop in the cathedral , received ...
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... Jacques Cartier ; but , when they brought their sick and in- firm , trusting to his supernatural power to heal , the Christian soldier only blessed them with the cross , and prayed that Heaven might give them health . The adventurers ...
... Jacques Cartier ; but , when they brought their sick and in- firm , trusting to his supernatural power to heal , the Christian soldier only blessed them with the cross , and prayed that Heaven might give them health . The adventurers ...
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... Jacques Cartier , saw one the other day ; he was so terrified that he ran away , and did not consider himself safe till within the town walls ; while the bear , quite as much alarmed , ran off in the other direction . The moose deer is ...
... Jacques Cartier , saw one the other day ; he was so terrified that he ran away , and did not consider himself safe till within the town walls ; while the bear , quite as much alarmed , ran off in the other direction . The moose deer is ...
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