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... took place , that which we may say gave Spain possession of South America . In 1512 , one Vasco Nuñez , a man of great wisdom and courage , had set out from Darien , one of the earliest Spanish settlements on the east coast , and ...
... took place , that which we may say gave Spain possession of South America . In 1512 , one Vasco Nuñez , a man of great wisdom and courage , had set out from Darien , one of the earliest Spanish settlements on the east coast , and ...
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... took up the scheme . A third and larger expe- dition was sent out in fifteen ships , and it was arranged that a hundred men should be left there to form a settlement . In the arrangements for this voyage a mistake was made , which was ...
... took up the scheme . A third and larger expe- dition was sent out in fifteen ships , and it was arranged that a hundred men should be left there to form a settlement . In the arrangements for this voyage a mistake was made , which was ...
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... took possession of the country in the Queen's name . He made no further attempt at a settlement , partly from the character of his men , who were lawless and disorderly , and thought only of getting on and making attempts at piracy ...
... took possession of the country in the Queen's name . He made no further attempt at a settlement , partly from the character of his men , who were lawless and disorderly , and thought only of getting on and making attempts at piracy ...
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... took care to settle his colony where it might maintain itself by agriculture , and enrich both itself and England by manufacture and trade . In 1584 he obtained a patent in precisely the same terms as Gilbert's , and sent out two sea ...
... took care to settle his colony where it might maintain itself by agriculture , and enrich both itself and England by manufacture and trade . In 1584 he obtained a patent in precisely the same terms as Gilbert's , and sent out two sea ...
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... took the stores , the servants , and the ships of the com- pany for his own private profit and use . Under his rule the state of the colony became utterly wretched . Though more than a thousand persons had been sent thither , less than ...
... took the stores , the servants , and the ships of the com- pany for his own private profit and use . Under his rule the state of the colony became utterly wretched . Though more than a thousand persons had been sent thither , less than ...
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