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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.

tlemen , and twenty horse . With this fleet Columbus set sail from Seville on the 15 th of September , the year aforesaid , and on the 5 th of Odtober came to the Gomeru , one of the Canary islands , where he took in wood and water , as also cattle , calves , sheep , goats , and swine , to stock the Indies , besides hens and garden-seeds . Sailing hence more to the southward than the first voyageon the 3 d of November in the

, morning all the fleet spied an island , which Columbus called Dominica , because discovered on a Sunday , and soon after many others , the first of which he called Marigalante , the name of the ship he was in , the next Guadalupe , then Monseratte , Santa Maria Redonda , Santa Maria el Antigua , St . Martin , Santa Cruz ; these are the Caribbee islands . Next he came to the large island , which he called St . John Baptist , but

the Indians Borriquen , and it is now known by the name of Puerto Rico . November the Z 2 d , the fleet arrived on the coast of Hispaniola , where they found the fort burnt down , and none of the Spaniards , they being all destroyed either by discord among themselves , or by the Indians . Not liking the place he had chosen the first voyage to lant his colonyhe turned back to the eastward , and finding a spot

p , to his mind , landed and built a little town , which he called Isabella , in honour of Isabella then queen of Castile . Then keeping five ships of the fleet with him for his use there , he sent back twelve to Spain , under the command of Antony de Torres , with some quantity of gold , and a full account of what had been done . Thus ended this year 1493 :

and here it must be observed , that all the actions done ashore must be omitted , as too extensive for this'discourse , and , in reality , no way belonging to it , the design of it being only to shew what advantages have been made by sea since the discovery of the magnetical needle . Anno 1494 . Columbus sailed from his new colony of Isabella with one great ship arid two caravels on the 24 th of April , directing

hiscourse westward , and came upon the point of Cuba on the I Sth of May , where sailing along the coast he saw an infinite number of small islands ; so that it being impossible to give them all names , he in general called them the Queen ' s Garden . Thus he proceeded as . far as the island de Pinos , near the westernmost end of Cuba , having discovered 333 leagues to the westward from his colony of Isabella .

Hesuffered very much in this voyage by the continual storms of rain , wind , thunder , and lig htning , and therefore resolved to return , taking his way more to the southward , and on the 22 d of July found the island of Jamaica ; whence he directed his course to Hispaniola , and coasting ' about it , arrived at the town of Isabella on the 29 th of September , where he found his brother Bartholomew Columbus , who was come

with four ships from Spain . The admiral built many forts in the island , and being much offended at the ill behaviour of many of the Spaniards , who began to use him disrepectfully , andsent complaintsagainst him to court , returned into Spain to justif y his proceedings , and secure his authority .. [ To be continued . J ¦

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LONDON: Article 2
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 4
THOUGHTS ON MODERN WIT. Article 8
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. Article 9
QUEEN ELIZABETH TO SIR NICHOLAS THROGMORTON. Article 9
A SPEECH Article 10
JOHN COUSTOS, FOR FREEMASONRY, Article 12
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS IN ENGLAND, Article 16
Untitled Article 17
ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY, &c. IN A LETTER TO J. AND E, FRY. Article 18
THE LIFE OF MRS. ANNE AYSCOUGH, OR ASKEW. Article 22
AN ACCOUNT OF DRUIDISM. Article 26
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 33
ACCOUNT OF JOHN O'GROAT'S HOUSE. Article 38
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE . DR. PAUL HIFFERNAN. Article 39
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF M. BRISSOT. Article 48
ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Article 50
CHARACTER OF REGULUS. Article 55
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 58
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS Article 63
POETRY. Article 70
THE FIELD OF BATTLE. Article 73
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 74
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 75
DEATHS. Article 80
BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.

tlemen , and twenty horse . With this fleet Columbus set sail from Seville on the 15 th of September , the year aforesaid , and on the 5 th of Odtober came to the Gomeru , one of the Canary islands , where he took in wood and water , as also cattle , calves , sheep , goats , and swine , to stock the Indies , besides hens and garden-seeds . Sailing hence more to the southward than the first voyageon the 3 d of November in the

, morning all the fleet spied an island , which Columbus called Dominica , because discovered on a Sunday , and soon after many others , the first of which he called Marigalante , the name of the ship he was in , the next Guadalupe , then Monseratte , Santa Maria Redonda , Santa Maria el Antigua , St . Martin , Santa Cruz ; these are the Caribbee islands . Next he came to the large island , which he called St . John Baptist , but

the Indians Borriquen , and it is now known by the name of Puerto Rico . November the Z 2 d , the fleet arrived on the coast of Hispaniola , where they found the fort burnt down , and none of the Spaniards , they being all destroyed either by discord among themselves , or by the Indians . Not liking the place he had chosen the first voyage to lant his colonyhe turned back to the eastward , and finding a spot

p , to his mind , landed and built a little town , which he called Isabella , in honour of Isabella then queen of Castile . Then keeping five ships of the fleet with him for his use there , he sent back twelve to Spain , under the command of Antony de Torres , with some quantity of gold , and a full account of what had been done . Thus ended this year 1493 :

and here it must be observed , that all the actions done ashore must be omitted , as too extensive for this'discourse , and , in reality , no way belonging to it , the design of it being only to shew what advantages have been made by sea since the discovery of the magnetical needle . Anno 1494 . Columbus sailed from his new colony of Isabella with one great ship arid two caravels on the 24 th of April , directing

hiscourse westward , and came upon the point of Cuba on the I Sth of May , where sailing along the coast he saw an infinite number of small islands ; so that it being impossible to give them all names , he in general called them the Queen ' s Garden . Thus he proceeded as . far as the island de Pinos , near the westernmost end of Cuba , having discovered 333 leagues to the westward from his colony of Isabella .

Hesuffered very much in this voyage by the continual storms of rain , wind , thunder , and lig htning , and therefore resolved to return , taking his way more to the southward , and on the 22 d of July found the island of Jamaica ; whence he directed his course to Hispaniola , and coasting ' about it , arrived at the town of Isabella on the 29 th of September , where he found his brother Bartholomew Columbus , who was come

with four ships from Spain . The admiral built many forts in the island , and being much offended at the ill behaviour of many of the Spaniards , who began to use him disrepectfully , andsent complaintsagainst him to court , returned into Spain to justif y his proceedings , and secure his authority .. [ To be continued . J ¦

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