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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...appearance and the jewels that adorned his person -- Dangerous jealousy of the Moorish merchants -- In the palace of the King -- Da Gama is made a pri... ...e one Vasco da Gama, a gentleman of the court, who had proved his valor in the Moorish wars, and his naval skill in more than one crusade along the co... ..., is strictly followed. Knowing the importance of the soothsayer, the captured Moorish merchant took time by the forelock, and when sent on shore with... ...enger would come from the shore to ask his business. A GREAT STORY-TELLER. The Moorish, merchant, who acted as the purchasing agent of the fleet, was ... ...ey had paid for everything they bought. Now that they were here, continued the Moorish merchant, they would, if permitted, buy drugs and spices and th... ... westward side of this table-land was located the city of Tlatlanquitepec, the architecture of which was vastly more imposing than that of any place t... ...refinement fully equal, if not superior, to that found anywhere in Europe. The architecture would rival that of the Moors, who introduced into Spain a... ...y log cabins, but the further one goes to the south the better is the style of architecture, and not very many miles from the mouth of the Yenesei the...

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