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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...s of the sea -- Beliefs respecting the earth's shape -- Teachings of the great philosophers -- Fabulous islands of the Atlantic -- The Viking navigato... ...ttle with the natives -- Conversions to Catholicism -- A terrible slaughter of Indians -- Indian maidens distributed among the Spaniards 185- 193 CHAP... ...he landing at Ulna harbor -- Founding of Vera Cruz -- An interview between the Indian governor and Cortez -- Stories of incredible wealth -- Presentat... ...conceivable perfidy -- Twenty girls and as many boys demanded for sacrifice -- Indian maidens become wives to the Spaniards -- Destruction of the idol... ...e dead. Pythagoras in the sixth century, and Plato, Aristotle, and other great philosophers and geographers taught the sphericity of the earth, yet a ... ...e singular disappearance of the Content: "No trace of this ship remains in any contemporary relation, so far as we have seen. It is imagined that the ...

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