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First, that Columbus and his heirs for ever should have the title and

office of Admiral in all the islands and continents of the ocean that he
or they might discover, with similar honours and prerogatives to those
enjoyed by the High Admiral of Castile
First, that Columbus and his heirs for ever should have the title and
office of Admiral in all the islands and continents of the ocean that he
or […]

He was now upon a Pisgah height, from which in imagination he could look


Of the cloths called _nakh_ and _nasij_ we have spoken before (supra ch


HOW THE GREAT KAAN CAUSES STORES OF CORN TO BE MADE, TO HELP HIS PEOPLE


The Chinese traveller, translated by M


Some of the old Latin copies place the scene at Tauris


OF THE GREAT COUNTRY OF PERSIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE THREE KINGS


The reading of the fourth name is doubtful, _Sichuigiu, Sichingiu_ (G


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Originally the Tartars[NOTE 2] dwelt in the north on the borders of