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Excerpt from Early South American NewspapersThe earliest news publication of which we know, printed in South America, was issued to supply the popular demand for information regarding the capture of the English free booter, Richard Hawkins, and his ship, The Dainty, 03 the Peruvian coast in 1594, just ten years after the printing press began its work at Lima. It was a quarter century later when the publication of occasional news-sheets, the fo...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Sailors Narratives of Voyages Along the New England Coast, 1524-1624The complexion of these people is black, not much different from that of the Ethiopians, their hair is black and thick, and not very long, it is worn tied back upon the head in the form of a little tail. In person they are of good pro portions, of middle stature, a little above our own, broad across the breast, strong in the arms, and well formed in the legs and o...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542Before the completion of the arrangements by which this essay becomes a part of the annual report of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, it had been accepted for publication by the Department of History of Harvard University.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an importa...

Excerpt from The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542: From the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska, as Told by Himself and His FollowersThe expedition started on February 23d, and a month later, on Easter day, it entered Culiacan, then the northwestern out -post of European civilization, half way up the mainland coast of the Gulf of California. Here Coronado reorganized his force a...

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Excerpt from A List of Works Useful to the Student of the Coronado ExpeditionThe most valuable of all of Bandelier's memoirs on southwestern history and eth nolo It bears the same relation to the wor of the American ethnologist as his Contributions do to that of the historical student.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of a...

Excerpt from The Puritans' Farewell to England: Being the Humble Request of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England About to Depart Upon the Great Emigration, April 7, 1630Be pleafed therefore 'rcreo fehdfathers C9 Basraae N to help: forward this worke now in hand swhich if it pro.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book i...

Excerpt from Printing in the Fifteenth CenturyThis was the srtuat10n in the Rhine Valley when a young man of good family and comfortable means got himself into trouble at Mainz and had to leave home, leaving also' his property in the control of those unfriendly to him. He settled in the neighboring city of Strassburg, where he man aged to live respectably for more than twenty years. Throughout this period he was able to borrow more money than ...

Excerpt from Printing in the Fifteenth CenturyThis was the srtuat10n in the Rhine Valley when a young man of good family and comfortable means got himself into trouble at Mainz and had to leave home, leaving also' his property in the control of those unfriendly to him. He settled in the neighboring city of Strassburg, where he man aged to live respectably for more than twenty years. Throughout this period he was able to borrow more money than ...