 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1863 - 530 halaman
...kissed the ground, and returned thanks to God for his merciful preservation. Having taken possession of the island, in the name of the King and Queen of Spain, the sailors acknowledged his authority. The island first discovered was called St. Salvador, — known... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1875 - 520 halaman
...kissed the ground^ and returned thanks to God for his merciful preservation. Having taken possession of the island, in the name of the King and Queen of Spain, the sailors acknowledged his authority. The island first discovered was called St. Salvador, — known... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 220 halaman
...Columbus 5 stepped out and knelt down upon the beach and gave thanks GO God; then he took possession of the island in the name of the king and queen of Spain, and called it San Salvador. It was thus that the first land in America was discovered on the 12th of... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 halaman
...Columbus 5 stepped out and knelt down upon the beach and gave thanks to God ; then he took possession of the island in the name of the king and queen of Spain, and called it San Salvador. It was thus that the first land in America was discovered on the 12th of... | |
 | 1903 - 636 halaman
...were interlaced the initials of Ferdinand and Isabella. Then the admiral solemnly took possession of the island in the name of the King and Queen of Spain, and caused a record of the act to be drawn up. During this ceremony the natives came round Columbus... | |
 | Arthur Bennett Archer - 1915 - 228 halaman
...men fell on their knees on the shore, and thanked God for their success. Then they took possession of the island in the name of the King and Queen of Spain. The sailors, hitherto so despondent, thronged to embrace their captain. The natives, at first filled... | |
 | Great Britain. Commonwealth Office - 1968 - 842 halaman
...found, and it would appear that Jamaica was uninhabited before about 1000 AD Columbus took possession of the island in the name of the King and Queen of Spain, but it was not until Juan de Esquivel was appointed the first Governor in 1509 that European occupation... | |
 | 1975 - 796 halaman
...and it would appear that Jamaica was uninhabited before about AD 1000. Columbus took possession of the island in the name of the King and Queen of Spain, but it was not until Juan de Esquivel was appointed the first Governor in 1509 that European occupation... | |
 | Maria Cristina Santana - 2000 - 198 halaman
...(Cabranes, 1974). Christopher Columbus came to Puerto Rico on November 19, 1493 and claimed ownership of the island in the name of the King and Queen of Spain. The natives at the time were the Tainos, a peaceful group of around 30,000 Indians. By 1540, the gold... | |
 | James Patrick - 2007 - 294 halaman
...Bahama island chain (the local Taino Indians called their island Guanahani). Columbus took possession of the island in the name of the king and queen of Spain, planted a cross, and renamed the island San Salvador. He would repeat this ritual each time he made... | |
| |
Columbus took possession of the island in the name of the King and Queen of Spain, but it was not until Juan de Esquivel was appointed the first Governor in 1509 that European occupation began. The island became a fief held on special terms by the descendants... 