De Orbe Novo: The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera, المجلد 2G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912 - 472 من الصفحات |
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... Spaniards imagined that this was the name of the country ; and because of that unfore- seen circumstance the country will always be called Yucatan . The name given by the Indians to this country is Eccampi . The Spaniards discovered a ...
... Spaniards imagined that this was the name of the country ; and because of that unfore- seen circumstance the country will always be called Yucatan . The name given by the Indians to this country is Eccampi . The Spaniards discovered a ...
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... Spaniards remained some days in that country . They noticed that the Indians began to tire of their presence ; for visitors who prolong their stay are never agreeable . They , therefore , collected their supplies , and pushed straight ...
... Spaniards remained some days in that country . They noticed that the Indians began to tire of their presence ; for visitors who prolong their stay are never agreeable . They , therefore , collected their supplies , and pushed straight ...
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... Spaniards gave the name of Lazarus to the cacique , because they landed there on the feast - day of that saint . It Pursuing their course to the west , the Spaniards landed fifteen leagues farther on , in the province of Aguanil , whose ...
... Spaniards gave the name of Lazarus to the cacique , because they landed there on the feast - day of that saint . It Pursuing their course to the west , the Spaniards landed fifteen leagues farther on , in the province of Aguanil , whose ...
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... Spaniards circumvented their plot , and refused to go any farther ; but when they were scattered , and off their guard a thousand barbarians attacked them and overcame them . They fled towards the coast , but the ground being swampy ...
... Spaniards circumvented their plot , and refused to go any farther ; but when they were scattered , and off their guard a thousand barbarians attacked them and overcame them . They fled towards the coast , but the ground being swampy ...
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... Spaniards algodon . The houses are built of brick or stone , roofed with thatch when there are no stones , but with stone flags when there are quarries in the neighbourhood . In most of the houses the door - jambs are made of marble ...
... Spaniards algodon . The houses are built of brick or stone , roofed with thatch when there are no stones , but with stone flags when there are quarries in the neighbourhood . In most of the houses the door - jambs are made of marble ...
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الصفحة 447 - This preservation photocopy was made at BookLab. Inc. In compliance with copyright law. The paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO...
الصفحة 262 - The idols are carried in procession amidst pomp, accompanied by the entire people. It will not be useless to describe this ceremony. On the eve of the festival the king has his bed made in the room where the idols stand, and sleeps in their presence. At daybreak the people assemble, and the king himself carries these idols, hugging them to his breast, to the top of his palace, where he exhibits them to the people. He and they are saluted with respect and fear by the people, who fall upon their knees...
الصفحة 261 - This tail was not movable like those of the quadrupeds, but formed one mass as we see is the case with fish and crocodiles, and was as hard as a bone. When these men wished to sit down, they had consequently to have a seat with an open bottom ; and if there was none, they had to dig a hole more than a cubit deep to hold their tails and allow them to rest.
الصفحة 271 - All these instructions have been thought out by prudent and human jurisconsults and sanctioned by religious men. But what of that? When our compatriots reach that remote world, so far away and so removed from us, beyond the ocean whose courses imitate the changing heavens, they find themselves distant from any judge. Carried away by...
الصفحة 259 - In all these regions they visited the Spaniards noticed herds of deer similar to our herds of cattle. These deer bring forth and nourish their young in the houses of the natives. During the daytime they wander freely through the woods in search of their food, and in the evening they come back to their little ones, who have been cared for, allowing themselves to be shut up in the courtyards and even to be milked, when they have stickled their fawns.
الصفحة 267 - I now come to a fact which will appear incredible to your excellency. You already know that the ruler of this region is a tyrant of gigantic size. How does it happen that only he and his wife have attained this extraordinary size? No one of their subjects has explained this to me, but I have questioned the above-mentioned...
الصفحة 261 - There is another country called Inzignanin, whose inhabitants declare that, according to the tradition of their ancestors, there once arrived amongst them men with tails a meter long and as thick as a man's arm. This tail was not movable like those of the quadrupeds, but formed one mass as we see is the case with fish and crocodiles, and was as hard as a bone. When these men wished to sit down, they had consequently to have a seat with an open bottom ; and if there was...
الصفحة 260 - ... the inhabitants wear a distinctive priestly costume, and they are regarded as priests and venerated as such by their neighbors. They cut their hair, leaving only two locks growing on their temples, which are bound under the chin. When the natives make war against their neighbors, according to the regrettable custom of mankind, these priests are invited by both sides to be present, not as actors, but as witnesses of the conflict. When the battle is about to open, they circulate among the warriors...
الصفحة 264 - ... the functions of orator. Ordinarily he pronounces a eulogy on the deceased, or on the immortality of the soul, or the future life. He says that souls originally came from the icy regions of the north, where perpetual snow prevails. They therefore expiate their sins under the master of that region who is called Mateczungua. but they return to the southern regions, where another great sovereign, Quexuga, governs.