St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present DateWard Lock & Company, Limited, 1903 - 343 σελίδες |
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... ship till 1591 , when Captain Kendall ( of the ship Royal Merchant ) , who commanded one of the first three ships which set out for India , could , owing to sickness in the fleet , get no further than the Cape of Good Hope . These first ...
... ship till 1591 , when Captain Kendall ( of the ship Royal Merchant ) , who commanded one of the first three ships which set out for India , could , owing to sickness in the fleet , get no further than the Cape of Good Hope . These first ...
Σελίδα 12
... ships , viz . the Dragon , Hector , Ascension , and Susan , all under the command of Captain Lancaster , and a fort was erected by Governor Dutton . The incorpora- tion of the East India Company - that event so memorable in the ...
... ships , viz . the Dragon , Hector , Ascension , and Susan , all under the command of Captain Lancaster , and a fort was erected by Governor Dutton . The incorpora- tion of the East India Company - that event so memorable in the ...
Σελίδα 13
... ships . Even in these times such a fusilade would be most formid- able , but it did not daunt the Dutch , who waited till night . Then , espying a light on the coast , they made for it , and landed at a place called Bennett's Point in ...
... ships . Even in these times such a fusilade would be most formid- able , but it did not daunt the Dutch , who waited till night . Then , espying a light on the coast , they made for it , and landed at a place called Bennett's Point in ...
Σελίδα 14
... ships in harbour which were bound to the coast of Brazil . Very fortunately they fell in with a British squadron commanded by Captain Munden ( afterwards Sir Richard ) . He was proceeding outward to convey to England the East India ...
... ships in harbour which were bound to the coast of Brazil . Very fortunately they fell in with a British squadron commanded by Captain Munden ( afterwards Sir Richard ) . He was proceeding outward to convey to England the East India ...
Σελίδα 15
... ships from India , China , etc. , up to the time of the opening of the Suez Canal , and in these old times many regulations and orders were sent from England , as under : - " You are particularly enjoined to render every acre of ground ...
... ships from India , China , etc. , up to the time of the opening of the Suez Canal , and in these old times many regulations and orders were sent from England , as under : - " You are particularly enjoined to render every acre of ground ...
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St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date E. L. Jackson Πλήρης προβολή - 1905 |
St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date E. L. Jackson Πλήρης προβολή - 1905 |
St. Helena: The Historic Island from Its Discovery to the Present Date E. L. Jackson Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2017 |
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African anchor appointed arms arrived beautiful boats Brazilian brig brigantine British Broadbottom Buonaparte called Cape Capt Captain captured Castle charge church cinchona Cockburn Colonel Colonial colours command crew Deadwood Diana's Peak Dinizulu East India Company Egg Island Engineer England English erected feet fire flowers Francis Plain Fronds garden garrison Government Governor Governor and Council Governour and Company ground grows Gunner guns height honour inhabitants island James Jamestown John Ladder Hill land leaves letter Lieut Lieutenant Longwood master ment military Napoleon negro officers Paymaster person petioled Plantation plants present prisoners prisoners of war punishment Regiment Robert Armitage Sterndale rocks rollers Rupert's Saint Helena Sandy Bay says schooner sent ship shore side Sir Hudson Lowe slave trade South species Sterndale Surgeon taken town trees troops Valley vessel Vice-Admiralty Court Wasp wharf Willd William wood
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Σελίδα 20 - Also we do, for us, our heirs, and successors, declare, by these presents, that all and every the persons, being our subjects, which shall dwell and inhabit within every or any of the said several colonies and plantations, and every of their children, which shall happen to be born within any of the limits and precincts of the said several colonies and plantations, shall have and enjoy all liberties, franchises, and immunities, within...
Σελίδα 152 - To whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God, by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless the royal prince George the fourth with long and happy years to reign over us.
Σελίδα 195 - I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous, of my enemies.
Σελίδα 240 - Yes ! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones ? Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.
Σελίδα 226 - On a superficial view the body appeared very fat, which state was confirmed by the first incision down its centre, where the fat was upwards of one inch and a half over the abdomen. On cutting through the cartilages of the ribs, and exposing the cavity of the thorax, a trifling adhesion of the left pleura was found to the pleura costalis.
Σελίδα 18 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
Σελίδα 195 - Altesse Royale, en butte aux factions qui « divisent mon pays et à l'inimitié des plus grandes « puissances de l'Europe, j'ai terminé ma carrière « politique, et je viens, comme Thémistocle, « m'asseoir au foyer du peuple britannique.
Σελίδα 152 - To My People Beyond the Seas: The countless messages of loyal sympathy that I have received from every part of my dominions over seas testify to the universal grief in which the whole empire now mourns the loss of my beloved mother. "In the welfare and prosperity of her subjects throughout Greater Britain the Queen ever evinced a heartfelt interest. She saw with thankfulness the steady progress which, under the wide extension of self-government, they had made during her reign.
Σελίδα 18 - Know ye, therefore, that We, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said...
Σελίδα 152 - Wales ; we, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this realm, being here assisted with these of his late Majesty's Privy Council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim, that the high and mighty Prince...