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 | | The tale of the voyage to "Vinland," attributed to Bishop Jon, or John, in the fourteenth century, rests on slender foundations. |
 | | These decrees continued to be promulgated as occasion demanded, along with the Code, and they bear testimony to the solicitous attention given by the Spanish monarchs to the most minute details of their trans-oceanic possessions. |
 | | The uprising of the negroes on that island resulted in the establishment of a negro republic, an isolated phenomena in the annals of American history. |
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