 The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England, and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield.  The History of North America - Page 300edited by - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Brittain, George Edward Reed - 1903 - 638 pages
...island, is returned, and says that seven hundred leagues from here he discovered firm land (terra firma), the territory of the Grand Khan. He coasted for three...September by the above-mentioned Raimondo di Soncino: 3o3 " Perhaps, your excellency in the press of so much business will not be disturbed to learn that... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1903 - 658 pages
...island, is returned, and says that seven hundred leagues from here he discovered firm land (terra firma), the territory of the Grand Khan. He coasted for three...September by the above-mentioned Raimondo di Soncino: " Perhaps, your excellency in the press of so much business will not be disturbed to learn that his... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - 1905 - 708 pages
...planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England, and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield." But the librarian of the Bristol public library, Mr. Nicholls, in his biography of Sebastian Cabot,... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - 1905 - 692 pages
...planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England, and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield." But the librarian of the Bristol public library, Mr. Nicholls, in his biography of Sebastian Cabot,... | |
 | Julius E. Olson, Edward Gaylord Bourne - 1906 - 480 pages
...planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield. London, 23 August 1497. FIRST LETTER OF RAIMONDO DE SONCINO, AGENT OF THE DUKE OF MILAN, TO THE DUKE... | |
 | University of the State of New York - 1910 - 118 pages
...planted in his newfound land a large cross, with a flag of England and another of St Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield." The Venetian ensign was of scarlet with a broad band of blue near the edge, perhaps typifying the sea,... | |
 | James Alexander Williamson - 1913 - 512 pages
...planted on his new found land a large cross, with one flag of England and another of S. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield. ' London, 23rd August, 1497.' 1 Raimondo de Soncino to the Duke of Milan, August 24, 1497. ' . . .... | |
 | George Henry Preble - 1917 - 438 pages
...planted on his newfoundland a large cross, with one flag of England and one of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield." The Cabots believed they had discovered portions of Asia, and so proclaimed it. But the more extensive... | |
 | James Malcolm - 1918 - 598 pages
...planted in his new-found land a large cross, with a Hajr of England and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield." The Venetian ensign was of scarlet with a broad band of blue near the edge, perhaps typifying the sea,... | |
 | Cardinal Leonidas Goodwin - 1922 - 1082 pages
...planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield. " LONDON, August 23, 1497." The promise of ten ships above alluded to is restricted in the second license... | |
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