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" Nova Albion, and that for two causes ; the one in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinity with our country in name, which sometime was so called. "
The Voyages of the English Nation to America - Page 44
by Richard Hakluyt - 1890
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Early American Writing

Various - 1994 - 676 pages
...account of their skins, for their king's coat was made of them. Our General called this country Nova Albion, and that for two causes; the one in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinity with...
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Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery: An Anthology

Peter C. Mancall - 2006 - 431 pages
...account of their skins, for their King's coat was made of them. Our General called this Country Nova Albion, and that for two causes: the one in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea: and the other, because it might have some affinity with...
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Voyages and Travels Ancient and Modern

Charles W. Eliot - 2006 - 405 pages
...account of their skins, for their king's coat was made of them. Our General called this country Nova Albion, and that for two causes; the one in respect of the "Mole. white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea, and the other, because it might have some...
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of ..., Volume 6

1927 - 412 pages
...account of their skinnes, for their Kings coate was made of them. Our Generall called this countrey, Nova Albion, and that for two causes : the one in respect...towardes the sea : and the other, because it might have some affmitie with our Countrey in name, which sometime was so called. There is no part of earth...
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Geographical Society of the Pacific

Geographical Society of the Pacific - 1902 - 434 pages
...untutored, half clad natives who understood not a word of the language. "This country our Generall named Albion; and that for two "causes; the one in respect of the white bancks and cliff es which "lie towards the sea; the other that it might haue some affinity, "euen in...
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