 | Geographical Society of the Pacific - 1902 - 434 pages
...Drake named these two groups " the Islands of Saint James" ; page 134. "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... | |
 | 1902 - 510 pages
...of their skinnes, for their kings holidaies coate was made of them. This country our Generall named Albion, and that for two causes ; the one in respect of the white bancks and cliffes, which lie toward the sea ; the other, that it might haue some affinity, euen in... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 848 pages
...them."48 " This country our Generall named Albion," or Noua Albion according to the Famous Voyage, "and that for two causes ; the one in respect of the white bancks and cliffes, which lie toward the sea; the other, that it might haue some affinity, euen in... | |
 | 1903 - 636 pages
...bodies in bigness as be the Barbary coneys, their heads as the heads of ours, the feet of a want [mole], and the tail of a rat, being of great length. Under...in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie toward the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinity with our country in name, which... | |
 | Samuel Purchas - 1905 - 584 pages
...account of their Skinnes, for their Kings Coat was made of them. Our Generall called this Countrey Nova Albion, and that for two causes : the one in respect of the white Bankes and Cliffes, which lye towards the Sea : and the other, because it might have some affinitie... | |
 | Leigh Hadley Irvine - 1905 - 774 pages
...accompt of their skinnes, for their King's coat was made out of them. Our General called this countrey Nova Albion, and that for two causes: the one in respect of the white bankes and cliffes which lie toward the sea; and the other because it might have some affinitie with... | |
 | Samuel Purchas - 1905 - 584 pages
...account of their Skinnes, for their Kings Coat was made of them. Our Generall called this Countrey Nova Albion, and that for two causes : the one in respect of the white Bankes and Cliffes, which lye towards the Sea : and the other, because it might have some affinitie... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1910 - 636 pages
...a good winde to enter the same [coast of California]. . . . Our Generall called this Countrey Noua Albion, and that for two causes : the one in respect of the white bankes and cliffes, which lie towards the sea : and the other, because it might haue some affinitie... | |
 | 1923 - 80 pages
...world figure under the name of Sir Francis Drake. The record says: "Our Generall called this countrey Nova Albion, and that for two causes: the one in respect of the white bankes and cliffs, which ly towardes the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinitie with... | |
 | Edmond Stephen Meany - 1909 - 544 pages
...performed which is best told in the quaint narrative of the time : — "Our Generall called this countrey, Nova Albion, and that for two causes : the one in respect of the white bankes and cliff es, which ly towards the sea : and the other, because it might have some affinitie... | |
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This country our Generall named Albion, and that for two causes ; the one in respect of the white bancks and cliffes, which lie toward the sea ; the other, that it might haue some affinity, euen in name also, with our own country, which was sometime so... 
