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Narrative and critical history of America (1884)

Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897, Maclean, John, 1851-1928, association, MacLean, Harrison John (autograph) · Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 642

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MAGELLANS DISCOVERY. 6ll and gave it the name Sharks Island, or Tiburones. The crew wereso impressed by their dismal welcome that they called the two Desven-turadas, the Unfortunate Islands. These two islands, the first-born toEurope of the multitudes of the Pacific Ocean, cannot now be identified.… … THE LADRONES. the ships. Their little boats had large triangular-shaped sails of matting,and they seemed to fly over the water. The Spanish seamen saw for thefirst time the curious catamarans of the natives of these waters. Magellan was tempted to land at a third and larger island. This waseither…

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