Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1984 - 294 pages |
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Page 81
... Island of Trinidado hath the form of a sheep - hook , and is but narrow ; the north part is very mountainous , the soil is very excellent and will bear sugar , ginger , or any other commodity that the Indies yield . It hath store of ...
... Island of Trinidado hath the form of a sheep - hook , and is but narrow ; the north part is very mountainous , the soil is very excellent and will bear sugar , ginger , or any other commodity that the Indies yield . It hath store of ...
Page 104
... Islands which divide the branches in it , for afterwards I sought also both the other branches . After we reached to the head of this Island , called Assapana , a little to the westward on the right hand there opened a river which came ...
... Islands which divide the branches in it , for afterwards I sought also both the other branches . After we reached to the head of this Island , called Assapana , a little to the westward on the right hand there opened a river which came ...
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... Island in those straits , which me thought , might have done either benefit or displeasure to his enterprise , he told me merrily , that it was to be called the Painter's Wife's Island : saying , that whilst the fellow drew that Map ...
... Island in those straits , which me thought , might have done either benefit or displeasure to his enterprise , he told me merrily , that it was to be called the Painter's Wife's Island : saying , that whilst the fellow drew that Map ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Metrical translations from the History of | 21 |
A farewell to false Love | 27 |
Copyright | |
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