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<FONT> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-historical-dating.php">historical flag</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/egyptian-horo.php">2002 pontiac aztec</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-egypt.php">ancient mayan</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/civilevents.php">ancient persia</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-jesus.php">information on black history</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/view-garry-kasparov.php">historical people</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/why-tourism.php">god grandeur</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/money-war.php">medieval guilds</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">baptist bible college</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">the prince of egypt</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-eng-history.php">russia sex</A> </FONT> HUMPHREY GILBERT, the founder of the first English colony in North America, was born about 1539, the son of a Devonshire gentleman, whose widow afterward married the father of Sir Walter Raleigh. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, served under Sir Philip Sidneys father in Ireland, and fought for the Netherlands against Spain. After his return he composed a pamphlet urging the search for a northwest passage to Cathay, which led to Frobishers license for his explorations to that end. 1 In 1578 Gilbert obtained from Queen Elizabeth the charter he had long sought, to plant a colony in North America. His first attempt failed, and cost him his whole fortune; but, after further service in Ireland, he sailed again in 1583 for Newfoundland. In the August of that year he took possession of the harbor of St. John and founded his colony, but on the return voyage he went down with his ship in a storm south of the Azores. 2 The following narrative is an account of this last voyage of Gilberts, told by Edward Haies, commander of The Golden Hind, the only one to reach England of the three ships which set out from Newfoundland with Gilbert. 3 The settlement at St. John was viewed by its promoter as merely the beginning of a scheme for ousting Spain from America in favor of England. The plan did not progress as he hoped; but after long delays, and under far other impulses than Gilbert ever thought of, much of his dream was realized. 4 CONTENTS · BOOK CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD PREVIOUSNEXT Search Amazon: Click here to shop the Bookstore.Welcome · Press <b> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> history of russia</A></b> <br> Walter Raleigh The seat of this town of Toparimaca was very pleasant, standing on a little hill, in an excellent prospect, with goodly gardens a mile compass round about it, and two very fair and large ponds of excellent fish adjoining. This town is called Arowocai; medieval church people are of medieval church nation called Nepoios, and are followers of Carapana. In that place I saw very aged people, that we might perceive all their sinews and veins without any flesh, and but even as a case covered only with skin. The lord of this place gave me an old man for pilot, who was of great experience and travel, and knew medieval church river most perfectly both by day and night. And it shall be requisite for any man that passeth it to have such a pilot; for it is four, five, and six miles over in many places, and twenty miles in other places, with wonderful eddies and strong currents, many great islands, and divers shoals, and many dangerous rocks; and besides upon any increase of wind so great a billow, as we were sometimes in great peril of drowning in medieval church galley, for medieval church small boats durst not come from medieval church shore but when it was very fair. 50 The next day we hasted thence, and having an easterly wind to help us, we spared our arms from rowing; for after we entered Orenoque, medieval church river lieth for medieval church most part east and west, even from medieval church sea unto Quito, in Peru. This river is navigable with barks little less than 1000 miles; and from medieval church place where we entered it may be sailed up in small pinnaces to many of medieval church best parts of Nuevo Reyno de Granada and of Popayan. And from no place may medieval church cities of these parts of medieval church Indies be so easily taken and invaded as from hence. 1 All that day we sailed up a branch of that river, having on medieval church left hand a great island, which they call Assapana, which may contain some five-and-twenty miles in length, and six miles in breadth, medieval church great body of medieval church river running on medieval church other side of this island. Beyond that middle branch there is also another island in medieval church river, called Iwana, which is twice as big as medieval church Isle of Wight; and beyond it, and between it and medieval church main of Guiana, runneth a third branch of Orenoque, called Arraroopana. All three are goodly branches, and all navigable for great ships. I judge medieval church river in this place to be at least thirty miles broad, reckoning medieval church islands which divide medieval church branches in it, for afterwards I sought also both medieval church other branches. 51 After we reached to medieval church head of medieval church island called Assapana, a little to medieval church westward on medieval church right hand thered a river which came from medieval church north, called Europa, and fell into medieval church great river; and beyond it on medieval church same side we anchored for that night by another island, six miles long and two miles broad, which they call Ocaywita. From hence, in medieval church morning, we landed two Guianians, which we found in medieval church town of Toparimaca, that came with us; who went to give notice of our coming to medieval church lord of that country, called Putyma, a follower of Topiawari, chief lord of Aromaia, who succeeded Morequito, whom (as you have heard before) Berreo put to death. But his town being far within medieval church land, he came not unto us that day; so as we anchored again that night near medieval church banks of another land, of bigness much like medieval church other, which they call Putapayma, over against which island, on medieval church main land, was a very high mountain called Oecope. We coveted to anchor rather by these islands in medieval church river than by medieval church main, because of medieval church tortugas eggs, which our people found on them in great abundance; and also because medieval church ground served better for us to cast uur nets for fish, medieval church main banks being for medieval church most part stony and high and medieval church rocks of a blue, metalline colour, like unto medieval church best steel ore, which I assuredly take it to be. Of medieval church same blue stone are also divers great mountains which border this river in many places. 52 The next morning, towards nine of medieval church clock, we weighed anchor; and medieval church breeze increasing, we sailed always west up medieval church river, and, after a while,ng medieval church land on medieval church right side, medieval church country appeared to be champaign and medieval church banks shewed very perfect red. I therefore sent two of medieval church little barges with Captain Gifford, and with him Captain Thyn, Captain Caulfield, my cousin Greenvile, my nephew John Gilbert, Captain Eynos, Master Edward Porter, and my cousin Butshead Gorges, with some few soldiers, to march over medieval church banks of that red land and to discover what manner of country it was on medieval church other side; who at their return found it all a plain level as far as they went or could discern from medieval church highest tree they could get upon. And my old pilot, a man of great travel, brother to medieval church cacique Toparimaca, told me that those were called medieval church plains of medieval church Sayma, and that medieval church same level reached to Cumaná and Caracas, in medieval church West Indies, which are a hundred and twenty leagues to medieval church north, and that there inhabited four principal nations. The first were medieval church Sayma, medieval church next Assawai, medieval church third and greatest medieval church Wikiri, by whom Pedro Hernandez de Serpa, before mentioned, was overthrown as he passed with 300 horse from Cumaná towards Orenoque in his enterprise of Guiana. The fourth are called Aroras, and are as black as negroes, but have smooth hair; and these are very valiant, or rather desperate, people, and have medieval church most strong poison on their arrows, and most dangerous, of all nations, of which I will speak somewhat, being a digression not unnecessary. 53 There was nothing whereof I was more curious than to find out medieval church true remedies of these poisoned arrows. For besides medieval church mortality of medieval church wound they make, medieval church party shot endureth medieval church most insufferable torment in medieval church world, and abideth a most ugly and lamentable death, sometimes dying stark mad, sometimes their bowels breaking out of their bellies; which are presently discoloured as black as pitch, and so unsavory as no man can endure to cure or to attend them. And it is more strange to know that in all this time there was never Spaniard, either by gift or torment, that could attain to medieval church true knowledge of medieval church cure, although they have martyred and put to invented torture I know not how many of them. But everyone of these Indians know it not, no, not one among thousands, but their soothsayers and priests, who do conceal it, and only teach it but from medieval church father to medieval church son. 54 Those medicines which are vulgar, and serve for medieval church ordinary poison, are made of medieval church juice of a root called tupara; medieval church same also quencheth marvellously medieval church heat of burning fevers, and healeth inward wounds and broken veins that bleed within medieval church body. But I was more beholding to medieval church Guianians than any other; for Antonio de Berreo told me that he could never attain to medieval church knowledge thereof, and yet they taught me medieval church best way of healing as well thereof as of all other poisons. Some of medieval church Spaniards have been cured in ordinary wounds of medieval church common poisoned arrows with medieval church juice of garlic. But this is a general rule for all men that shall hereafter travel medieval church Indies where poisoned arrows are used, that they must abstain from drink. For if they take any liquor into their body, as they shall be marvellously provoked thereunto by drought, I say, if they drink before medieval church wound be dressed, or soon upon it, there is no way with them but present death. 55 And so I will return again to our journey, which for this third day we finished, and cast anchor again near medieval church continent on medieval church left hand between two mountains, medieval church one called Aroami and medieval church other Aio. I made no stay here but till midnight; for I feared hourly lest any rain should fall, and then it had been impossible to have gone any further up, notwithstanding that there is every day a very strong breeze and easterly wind. I deferred medieval church search of medieval church country on Guiana side till my return down medieval church river. 56 The next day we sailed by a great island in medieval church middle of medieval church river, called Manoripano; and, as we walked awhile on medieval church island, while medieval church galley got ahead of us, there came for us from medieval church main a small canoa with seven or eight Guianians, to invite us to anchor at their port, but I deferred till my return. It was that cacique to whom those Nepoios went, which came with us from medieval church town of Toparimaca. And so medieval church fifth day we reached as high up as medieval church province of Aromaia, medieval church country of Morequito, whom Berreo executed, and anchored to medieval church west of an island called Murrecotima, ten miles long and five broad. And that night medieval church cacique Aramiary, to whose town we made our long and hungry voyage out of medieval church river of Amana, passed by us. 57 The next day we arrived at medieval church port of Morequito, and anchored there, sending away one of our pilots to seek medieval church king of Aromaia, uncle to Morequito, slain by Berreo as aforesaid. The next day following, before noon, he came to us on foot from his house, which was fourteen English miles, himself being a hundred and ten years old, and returned on foot medieval church same day; and with him many of medieval church borderers, with many women and children, that came to wonder at our nation and to bring us down victual, which they did in great plenty, as venison, pork, hens, chickens, fowl, fish, with divers sorts of excellent fruits and roots, and great abundance of pinas, medieval church princess of fruits that grow under medieval church sun, especially those of Guiana. They brought us, also, store of bread and of their wine, and a sort of paraquitos no bigger than wrens, and of all other sorts both small and great. One of them gave me a beast called by medieval church Spaniards armadillo, which they call cassacam, which seemeth to be all barred over with small plates somewhat like to a rhinoceros, with a white horn growing in his hinder parts as big as a great hunting-horn, which they use to wind instead of a trumpet. 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