Works, Volume 99Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page xliv
... harbour ( difficult or impossible to enter in bad weather ) , it being almost out of the question for them then to beat back . Further , the city was protected by the inaccessibility of its inner haven , entrance to which from the ...
... harbour ( difficult or impossible to enter in bad weather ) , it being almost out of the question for them then to beat back . Further , the city was protected by the inaccessibility of its inner haven , entrance to which from the ...
Page 71
... harbour mouth , and at Tesca Swamp . Deponent moved this council to detail an artilleryman and a leading citizen with some soldiers and Indians to each piece of artillery which had ( p . 35 ) been placed at the street entrances ( in ...
... harbour mouth , and at Tesca Swamp . Deponent moved this council to detail an artilleryman and a leading citizen with some soldiers and Indians to each piece of artillery which had ( p . 35 ) been placed at the street entrances ( in ...
Page 102
... harbour because if once they went out and the enemy entered into the port they could not come back , first , because ... harbour . it could readily defend itself against the enemy . Therefore , if necessary , they formally demanded that ...
... harbour because if once they went out and the enemy entered into the port they could not come back , first , because ... harbour . it could readily defend itself against the enemy . Therefore , if necessary , they formally demanded that ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
April 6 1585 | 8 |
Licentiate Aliaga to the Crown Xagua January 13 1586 | 16 |
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