Spain, by a very singular fatality, was the Peru and Mexico of the old world. The discovery of the rich western continent by the Phoenicians, and the oppression of the simple natives, who were compelled to labour in their own mines for the benefit of... The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Pagina 312door Elisa Rogers - 1811Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...and on the persons of the inhabitants, when the fertile coast of Africa was reduced into a province." Spain, by a very singular fatality, was the Peru and...their own mines for the benefit of strangers, form an exact type of the more recent history of Spanish America.92 The Phoenicians were acquainted only... | |
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