Monthly Archives: May 2008

moment of his first voyage the sea claimed him as her own They had lost him, although perhaps they did not realise it; from the moment of his first voyage the sea claimed him as her own. Widening horizons, slatting … Continue reading →

to nothing Of Antonio and Battestina, the uncle and aunt of Columbus, we know next to nothing. Uncle Antonio inherited the estate of Terra-Rossa, Aunt Battestina was married in the valley; and so no more of either of them; except … Continue reading →

that we might rather call a reef, and to this shoal the hawsers of vessels are moored whilst the anchors are laid out towards the land Marino Sanuto says of it: ‘Laiacio has a haven, and a shoal in front … Continue reading →

far as estimating his position was concerned, was what is known as ‘dead-reckoning’ that is to say, the computation of the distance travelled by the ship through the water By far the most important element in the navigation of Columbus, … Continue reading →

you how “tis produced In this country too is found the best musk in the world; and I will tell you how “tis produced. There exists in that region a kind of wild animal like a gazelle. It has feet … Continue reading →

and the double quarter-rudders in the Mediterranean The midship rudder seems to have been the more usual in the western seas, and the double quarter-rudders in the Mediterranean. The former are sometimes styled _Navarresques_ and the latter _Latins_. Yet early … Continue reading →

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NOTE 3.–The elephant stud of the Son of Heaven had dwindled till in 1862 Dr. Rennie found but one animal; now none remain. [Dr. S. W. Williams writes (_Middle Kingdom_, I. pp. 323-324): ‘Elephants are kept at Peking for show, … Continue reading →

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article, the lamented Mr [6] A translation of _Heins”_ was kindly lent me by the author of this article, the lamented Mr. J. W. S. Wyllie. summer camps special needs for children christian crisis intervention counseling noel levine and the … Continue reading →