| 单词 | Isthmus of Darien |
| 例句 | Communication between southern Mexico and the Andes required either a sea voyage or else a long chain of overland contacts via the narrow, forested, never urbanized Isthmus of Darien. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He imagined that there might be a passage through the Isthmus of Darien, which would shorten the passage to the East Indies. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z His party consisted of forty-four Englishmen and two Mosquito Indians, who determined to re-cross the Isthmus of Darien, and return to the North Pacific Ocean. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z With these Negroes we might have gone and settled at Santa Maria on the Isthmus of Darien, and have employed them in getting gold out of the mines there. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z America—Ancient empires—Phenicians and Romans—Jews—Greece and Rome—Commercial cities of Europe—Isthmus of Darien. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z After the Peace of Ryswick he went out with other would-be colonists to the Isthmus of Darien, and, on the failure of the scheme, came over to New York. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical There they were joined by two hundred Frenchmen and eighty Englishmen, old buccaneers who had crossed the Isthmus of Darien to have a fling in the South Seas. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day And here we must mention that there were two important places in the Indies where Spain was most vulnerable—the Mona Passage between Hispaniola and Porto Rico and the Isthmus of Darien. The West Indies and the Spanish Main The account published by Wafer, excepting what relates to the Isthmus of Darien, consists of short notices set down from recollection, and occupying in the whole not above fifty duodecimo pages. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z During the early portion of the Tertiary the whole country, "from the Arctic circle to the Isthmus of Darien," was occupied with lakes, some of which were immense in size. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. In the following voyage, his last, Columbus coasted part of the Isthmus of Darien. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West With these negroes we might have gone and settled at Santa Maria on the Isthmus of Darien, and have employed them in getting gold out of the mines there. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day A man may travel from the Pole to the Equator, from the Straits of Malacca to the Isthmus of Darien, and he will see nothing so astonishing as this. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years When we came within hail, we found that they were English and French privateers just come from the North Sea over the Isthmus of Darien. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Mr. Warburton had been deputed by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company, to come to a friendly understanding with the tribes of Indians who inhabit the Isthmus of Darien. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Ten years afterward the Isthmus of Darien was crossed by Dampier, another celebrated buccaneer, but his party was too small to attack Panama. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West On the Isthmus of Darien either man or woman can take the initiative, so every one gets a good chance all round. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements It was during his attempt to find the Isthmus of Darien, which he thought was a strait of water, that he was shipwrecked on the coast of Jamaica. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose They planned a great empire, which should extend south to the Isthmus of Darien and west to the Pacific Ocean, and made slavery its cornerstone. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field A stout, half-naked negro shouldered our baggage, and we were actually treading the soil of the Isthmus of Darien. Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California The Isthmus of Darien was explored, and an ambitious scheme to cut a ship-channel through was found to be impracticable. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 In the Isthmus of Darien, they are sent along with warriors and travellers, as we do baggage horses. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World The existence of analogous customs has been proved against the Guyacurus of La Plata, the natives of the Isthmus of Darien, the tribes of Louisiana, and the ancient Illinois.” Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire It occurs on both sides of the American coasts near the Isthmus of Darien, and is a great article of trade, varying from £5 to £10 per ton. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. America is divided into north and south, and these two peninsulas are joined by the Isthmus of Darien. A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. Balboa several times crossed the Isthmus of Darien, and always in some fresh direction. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The expedition was organized with a general design to pillage and plunder on the Isthmus of Darien and the continent of South America. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Lionel Wafer in his travels upon the Isthmus of Darien in 1699 saw the plant growing and cultivated by the natives. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce I was resolved to march by land over the Isthmus of Darien. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Crossing the Isthmus of Darien, he built a pinnace, in which he embarked on the South Sea. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold A canal across this Isthmus of Darien, as the old navigators termed it, has been talked of ever since 1520, when Charles the Fifth of Spain ordered a survey made. Gold Seekers of '49 Many years ago an expedition under the command of Lieutenant Strain, of the United States Navy, was sent to make a reconnoissance across the Isthmus of Darien. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien, and, rolling up his pantalettes, waded into the Pacific Ocean and discovered it in the name of Spain. Comic History of the United States Also there had sifted from the south, from the Isthmus of Darien and the Panama States, some account of these white-skinned demi-gods. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure Several nations from the Isthmus of Darien to the northern extremity of the continent were engaged in continual warfare. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective He was the first buccaneer to cross the Isthmus of Darien to the Pacific Ocean. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The Isthmus of Darien, which he would have to cross, is not over sixty miles wide. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Of the few Americans in that region prior to 1846, probably nine tenths had rounded Cape Horn to reach it, while the residue had made their way across Mexico or the Isthmus of Darien. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy If this were the South Sea, the same which Balboa had seen from the Isthmus of Darien, so narrow a strip of land was at least as good or better than anything possessed by Spain. Days of the Discoverers Panama was a new settlement which the Spaniards had formed on the western side of the Isthmus of Darien, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia Rounded the Horn and sailed up to the Bay of Nicoya, there taking on a crew of buccaneers who had crossed the Isthmus of Darien on foot. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers These were the Massacre of Glencoe, and the failure of the scheme for colonizing the Isthmus of Darien. An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Yet forests of cacao trees grow wild in Guiana, the Isthmus of Darien, Yucatan, Honduras, Guatemala, Chiapa, and Nicaragua; while in Cuba, St. Domingo, and Jamaica, it was once an indigenous plant. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Nombre de Dios was the Atlantic terminus, as Panama was the Pacific terminus, of the treasure trail across the Isthmus of Darien. Elizabethan Sea Dogs Panama is a healthy city to those acclimated, facing a beautiful bay, unlike Chagres, on this side of the Isthmus of Darien, which is the most unhealthy spot on this continent. The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days After taking part in 1679 in the futile expedition of the buccaneers to Panama, Wafer joined the party of malcontents who left Captain Sharp and returned on foot across the Isthmus of Darien. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Fourth, voyage of COLUMBUS, in which he discovered the continental coast, from Honduras to near the Isthmus of Darien. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It is seen in the Indians of the Isthmus of Darien, the Hottentots, and the Icelanders. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The Spaniards caught him on the Isthmus of Darien and hanged him as a pirate at Lima in Peru. Elizabethan Sea Dogs He partially crossed the Isthmus of Darien, and obtained his first sight of the great Pacific Ocean. Men of Invention and Industry This was the rendezvous chosen by the pirates, where Dampier and his party found the French pirate ship that rescued them after their famous trudge across the Isthmus of Darien. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Harry Morgan, who led those tremendous fellows the Buccaneers across the Isthmus of Darien to the sack and burning of Panamá. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery A Scotch colony established on the Isthmus of Darien: abandoned in 1700. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 You would fancy he had been exploring the route of another ship-canal across the Isthmus of Darien, and had tasted no food for twenty-two days. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870 Another route is by the Isthmus of Darien. The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Was one of Dampier's party which in 1681 crossed the Isthmus of Darien, when he was left behind in the jungle with Wafer. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The situation in which he placed his conjectural strait, was somewhere about what at present is called the Isthmus of Darien. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) The strongest lay down and died, and the horrible features of Fremont's fourth expedition were only approached by that of Lieutenant Strain on the Isthmus of Darien. The Life of Kit Carson Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. In fact, Balboa discovered this black tribe in the Isthmus of Darien. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 "My only reason for so doing, dear papa, is because I know nothing about it, except that it is situated close to the Isthmus of Darien, and its chief town is Porto Bello." The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea One of Wafer's party left behind and lost in the forest when Dampier crossed the Isthmus of Darien on foot in 1681. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The Spaniards found it just west of the Isthmus of Darien. Christopher Columbus With this small company, arriving by night, he fell suddenly upon Nombre de Dios, a principal port of embarkation on the Isthmus of Darien. England under the Tudors Tropical migrations from west to east, from the most western part of Polynesia to the Isthmus of Darien, present great difficulties, although the winds blow during whole weeks from the west. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 —Difference of the Mollusca on the east and west coast of the Isthmus of Darien.—The refuge of the tropical American animals and plants during the glacial period.—The lowering of the sea-level. The Naturalist in Nicaragua From this place the buccaneers began, in April, 1680, to land and cross the Isthmus of Darien, taking the town of Santa Maria on the way. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The mail from the Atlantic seaboard, across the Isthmus of Darien to San Francisco, took at least twenty-two days. The Great Salt Lake Trail In 1513, Balboa sighted the Pacific from the Isthmus of Darien. England under the Tudors Much depended on General Wilkinson; but he had already written privately of subverting the Spanish Government in Mexico, and carrying "our conquests to California and the Isthmus of Darien." Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Duncan, Professor, on the submergence of Isthmus of Darien in Miocene times. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Under his pilotage they anchored on the first of November close to the Isthmus of Darien. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 Anson could not meet those Vernon-Wentworth gentlemen "from the other side of the Isthmus of Darien," the gentlemen, with their Enterprise, being already bankrupt and away. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 Out of this immense number of species, less than fifty occur on both sides of the narrow Isthmus of Darien. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Difference of the Mollusca on the east and west coast of the Isthmus of Darien. The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
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