| Jedidiah Morse - 1814 - 696 sivua
...Australasia, between the year 1616 and 1644.* The eastern coast having been carefully examined by Cook, •was formally taken possession of in the name of...Britain, 1770. On the close of the American war, it being elinicuk to select a proper place of transportation for criminals sentenced to tha; pr.iiihhmt-nt by... | |
| Jedidiah Morse, Sidney Edwards Morse - 1824 - 372 sivua
...The eastern coast is called New South Wales, and was explored by Capt. Cook about 50 years ago, and taken possession of in the name of the king of Great Britain. The British now have a settlement at Port Jackgpn OP % the SE side of the island, and to this place... | |
| George Newenham Wright - 1837 - 770 sivua
...the s . point of New Holland ; 20 m. s. of New York Cape. Lat. 10. 33. s. Long. 218. 21. W. It was taken possession of in the name of the king of Great Britain by Captain took, who called it New South Wales. POSTL1NG, par. England, hund. Havne, lathe of Shepway,... | |
| Thomas Ewing (of Edinburgh.) - 1839 - 348 sivua
...disclosed were the Spaniards or Portuguese, the earliest European navigators in this portion of the globe. The eastern coast having been carefully examined by...country, this new territory was at length preferred in 1786, and the first ship sailed from Spithead on the 30th January 1787, and arrived on the 20th of... | |
| 1853 - 662 sivua
...youth," which wae supposed to have the power of renewing the vigor of youth in the aged. In 1526, it was formally taken possession of in the name of the king of Spain, by Pamphilo de Narvaez, who had been sent out as governor. The first permanent settlements were... | |
| John Tillotson - 1869 - 332 sivua
...called." The French took a lively interest in these NorthAmerican explorations, and in 1525 the land was formally taken possession of in the name of the King of France. About ten years later, Jacques Cartier sailed into the St. Lawrence, and endeavoured to find... | |
| John Tillotson - 1869 - 360 sivua
...called." The French took a lively interest in these NorthAmerican explorations, and in 1525 the land was formally taken possession of in the name of the King of France. About ten years later, Jacques Cartier sailed into the St. Lawrence, and endeavoured to find... | |
| James D. McCabe - 1871 - 1172 sivua
...later. In 1668, a permanent mission was established at the Sault Ste. Marie, and in 1671, the region was formally taken possession of in the name of the King of France. The mines were first worked in 1771 and 1772, by an Englishman named Alexander Henry, whose... | |
| JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 sivua
...later. In 1668, a permanent mission was established at the Sault Ste. Marie, and in 1671, the region was formally taken possession of in the name of the King of France. The mines were first worked in 1771 and 1772, by an Englishman named Alexander Henry, whose... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1887 - 648 sivua
...large quantity of naval and military stores fell into the hands of the captors, and the islands were taken possession of in the name of the king of Great Britain : but in Lord Bute's headlong eagerness for peace they were restored without any equivalent, and on... | |
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