10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «DROMUNDA»
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Lives of the British admirals, and naval history of Great ...
Matthew Paris calls it Dromunda, and tells us, that the ships of the English fleet
attacked it briskly, though it lay like a great floating castle in the sea, and was in a
manner impenetrable. At length, however, they boarded and carried it, though ...
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Anonymiana; or, Ten centuries of observations on various ...
163* nas Dromunda, which appears to be formed of the French Dromond. See
Spelman. XLIV. Alured. Beverl. p. 19, " Duxit ilium secum in civitate Aclud." So
again, p. 39, " At que in Ytalia transsire meditantem, dolls circumventutn interfecit.
Samuel Pegge, John Nichols, 1818
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The History of the British Navy: From the Earliest Period to ...
s conquest of Ireland — The Dromunda — The battle of Dam — The battle in the
Straits of Dover — The battle in Edward I.'s reign — The Battle of Sluys. Every
country which has aspired to durable empire, or to permanent renown, has
prided ...
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Works: Anonymiana; or, ten centuries of observations on ...
Dromo, a swift vessel for sailing. Gul. Neubrig. p. 16*2 ; and see Fabius.
Ethelwerd, P- 8335 843. Matt. Paris, in Additament. p. 169. See also Du Fresne in
voce, and Spelman, Gloss. v. Dromunda. So that I cannot but wonder Picard
should say, ...
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How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves
windward, and setting all their sails, as well as working away with their oars, they
bore down on the Dromunda with such force and velocity, that their iron beaks
pierced the sides of the monstrous ship, which instantly began to sink, and out of
...
William H. G. Kingston, 2010
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Kingston's magazine for boys, ed
She was called the Dromunda, and her size was enormous. Though she
appeared like some huge castle floating on the sea, and was in a manner
impenetrable to any of the vessels possessed by the British, the English
courageously attacked ...
William Henry G. Kingston
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Fernand Braudel e a história: Chateauvallon : jornadas ...
A dromunda, isto é, o corredor, diz- -nos o cronista Jósimo, tem uma velocidade
igual à quinquerre- me, que já ninguém sabe construir há muito tempo; e navega
mais depressa que as pirogas dos Godos. A dromunda retoma as ...
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Glosas marginais ao cancioneiro medieval português
Mas certamente viu Lisboa, além da única vez que sei, um dromon (ou uma
dromunda = alem. med. áragmund, trag- munt) atracar no seu excelente porto 14
. Aditamento. Enquanto estas páginas, escritas no outono de 1899, repousavam
em ...
Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos, 2004
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Novo dicionário da língua portuguesa
(Dogr.dromos+ornis) * *Dromos*, m.Ant.Liça, estádio; corrida. Avenida, ladeada
de esphynges, que, nos templos egýcios, levava da entrada do recintoáfachada
do edifício. (Gr. dromos) * *Dromunda*, f. Antiga embarcação árabe, mais ligeira
...
Cândido de Figueiredo, 1937
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Historia de Portugal, 1
Entre as galés, de que se compunha a frota, distinguia-se uma da- quellas a que
pela grandeza se dava então um nome especial, o de dromon ou dromunda.
Eram embarcações de primeira ordem, correspondendo de certo modo ás
nossas ...
Alexandre Herculano, 1853
