Explorer Quotes

Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows.

The Merchants of Carolina, are fair, frank Traders.

The Inhabitants of Carolina, thro' the Richness of the Soil, live an easy and pleasant Life.

The Indians, I was now speaking of, were not content with the common Enemies that lessen and destroy their Country-men, but invented an infallible Stratagem to purge their Tribe, and reduce their Multitude into far less Numbers.

The Indian Corn, or Maiz, proves the most useful Grain in the World; and had it not been for the Fruitfulness of this Species, it would have proved very difficult to have settled some of the Plantations in America.

The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name.

New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the Country, as well as all the Provisions their Families spend.

Many of the French follow a Trade with the Indians, living very conveniently for that Interest.

This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board?

My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my men were making a mutiny about taking her, and my gunner told the people he could put the captain in a way to take the ship, and be safe.

My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.

If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again.

I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.

I have been sworn against by perjured and wicked people.

I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night.

I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that.

I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready.

Nova Scotia as a British colony also came into being as another result of these adventurous British expeditions to North America in the reign of James I.

In 1628 came the first English attack on Canada.

Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.

As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.

As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia.

Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing.

It was very clear that this was a very, very old site. There were remains of sod walls. Fishermen assumed it was an old Indian site. Bu Indians didn't use that kind of buildings and houses.

I came into the world at the right time.

When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place.

The People in this Town began to inquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, that I was come to settle the Indian's Land and they knew I should never go Home again Safe.

We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.

These people are headstrong and if they feel the curb loosed but one link they will with bit in the teeth in one month run further out of the career of good order than they will be brought back in three months.

I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.