America- an encyclopaedia of its history and biography (1882) (14785136703)

Identifier: americaencyclopa00newm (find matches)

Title: America: an encyclopaedia of its history and biography

Year: 1882 (1880s)

Authors: Newman, Stephen Morrell. (from old catalog)

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Publisher: Chicago, Coburn & Cook publishing company

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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r and bet-ter foundations, that we might have hadgrander national structures in all that partof the continent which they were su):)du-ing. But their life was as 3et almost en-tirely military in its methods and spirit.It had, therefore, all the abuses of militarylife in that age. There was yet no rooted,settled growth. THE NAMING OF ±MERIC± 1507. America was named this yearby the suggestion of a European geo-grapher, Waldsee Miiller (Martinus Hy-lacomylus) of Freiburg, who called itAmerici Terra, in honor of AmericusVespucius, an account of whose voyagein 1499 had just been published. It isnot probable that Vespucius had any un-due voluntary connection Avith this cir-cumstance. The term was at first appliedonly to what is now South America,which was regarded as an Antarctic con-tinent, but in time it came to be used ofthe whole western world. AmericusVespucius thus received the honor of dis-covery, though Cohnnbus and the Cabotshad seen the mainland of the New Worldbefore he did. 110

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1507-1522.) BALBOA AND CORTES 1507. A board of trade was estab-lished by Ferdinand, to have supremepower over the civil affairs of all thenewly discovered lands, subject only to thecrown. An ecclesiastical governmentwas also instituted. The Indians wereat this time wasting away very rapidly. 1508. Yucatan was discovered ByVincente Yanez Pinzon and Juan Diazde Solis. 1508. Thomas Aubert, a Dieppe pilot,visited the Gulf of St. Lawrence and car-ried off a few natives of the region toFrance, where they were objects of greatcuriosity. 1508. Cuba was first found to be anisland, by Sebastian de Ocampo. 1509. Don Diego Columbus, son ofChristopher, \vas made governor of Haytiin place of Don Nicholas de Ovando, aftera long effort in claiming the rights inher-ited from his father. 1509. Porto Rico was subjugated by 1509-1547. Hen. J^^ PoUCC dc Lcon, who ry vni King of was appointed governor by Ferdinand, and founded a town named Caparra. 1509. Jamaica was colonized by Juande Esquivel. 1509. Nomb

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