The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands: Tranflated from a Spanish Manuscript, Lately Found in the Ifland of Palma. With an Enquiry Into the Origin of the Ancient Inhabitants. To which is Added, a Defcription of the Canary Islands, Including the Modern History of the Inhabitants, and an Account of Their Manners, Customs, Trade, Etc |
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againſt Alegranza almoſt Alonzo de Lugo alſo anſwer aſked Barbary becauſe beſt Biſhop blows called Canary Iſlands caſtle cauſe Chap cloſe coaft coaſt confiderable conqueft cuſtom defired Diego de Herrera diſcovered diſtance diſtrict Don Ferdinando Donna Doramas Engliſh faid fame fays fent fhips fide filk firſt fiſh fituated fome foon ftones fuch Galdar Gando goats Gomera Gran Canaria Guanarteme Guanches Hernand Peraza Hierro himſelf houſe inhabitants John de Betancour Juan Rejon King Lancerota and Fuertaventura land laſt leagues LISARDO LUZMAN manner moſt mountains muſt natives obferved occafion Orotava Pedro perfon port preſent priſoners provifions purpoſe raiſed reaſon reſt ſaid Santa Cruz ſay ſea ſeeing ſeems ſeen ſent ſeveral Seville ſhe ſheep ſhips ſhore ſhort ſhould ſmall ſome Spain Spaniards Spaniſh ſtanding ſteep ſtone ſuch ſupply Telde Tenerife thefe themſelves theſe iſlands thofe thoſe thouſand troops uſed veffels weft Weſt Indies whoſe wind