10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPLEENSTONE»
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1
The Discovery of the Empire of Guiana, with a Relation of ...
... 1618," which document was sent to Sir Thomas Wilson by Sir Robert Naunton,
Secretary of State, occur the following objects : " A Guiana idol of Gold. " A
Spleenstone, (left with him for his own use) . " One wedge of fine gold at 22
carratts.
Walter Raleigh, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, 1848
2
The Discovery of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful Empire of ...
... Rawleigh, Knight, the 15th day of August, 1618," which document was sent to
Sir Thomas Wilson by Sir Robert Naunton, Secretary of State, occur the following
objects : " A Guiana idol of Gold. "A Spleenstone, (left with him for his own use) ...
3
A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages Digested ...
... before made himseel the weight of their resentment, by taking him prisoner,
and hurryingatim about in chains for seventeen days; after which he was forced
to pay an hundred plates of gold, and several chains of spleenstone, for his
ransom.
4
The discovery of the ... empire of Guiana. With some ...
... 1618," which document was sent to Sir Thomas Wilson by Sir Robert Naunton,
Secretary of State, occur the following objects : " A Guiana idol of Gold. " A
Spleenstone, (left with him for his own use) . " One wedge of fine gold at 22
carratts.
Walter Ralegh (sir.), sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk, 1848
5
In Amazonia: A Natural History
When the elderly courtier's flight to France was intercepted on the Thames and
his captors rifled his pockets before removing him to the Tower, it was,
symptomatically, mementos of Guiana that they discovered—maps, ingots, a
spleenstone, ...
6
A Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Dean ...
Three spleenstone tankards set in silver VZ'L. Divers Books, both Divinitie and
Humanitie, v 12. The Archbishop died on March 29th, 1628, and was buried in
the Minster immediately under the great east window Where the great altar to ...
7
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana
A Spleenstone (left with him for his own use). One wedge of fine gold at 22
carratts. Another stob of coarser gold. Item one plott of Guiana and Nova (R — )
and another of the river of Orenoque. The description of the river Orenoque. A
tryal of ...
8
A New Universal Collection of Authentic Voyages and Travels
... taking him prisoner, and loading him with chains for seventeen days, at the end
of which he was obliged to purchase his freedom at the expence of several
chains of spleenstone, and He likewise made great complaints againstthe
Epuremei, ...
Edward Cavendish Drake, 1768
9
The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of ...
Sir Hans Sloane describes this jade under the name of Spleenstone or Jasper 'vi'
rid'is. So close, indeed, is its resemblance to some kinds of green jasper that it
was generally described by early authors under that name. For this reason ...
James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas, 1879
10
Journal of the Walter Roth Museum of Archaeology and ...
A Spleenstone, (left with him for his own use). One wedge of fine gold at 22
carratts. Another stob of coarser gold. Item one plott of Guiana and Nova (R — )
and another of the river ofOrenoque. 'The description of the river Orenoque.' A
tryal ...
