Identifier: storyofgreatestn09elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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1X84 South America The PauUstas 1703 the Indians were gradually reduced to slavery. Thus began the modern stateof Paraguay. When Irala died more than twenty years later his horde ofwild ad\enturers had become permanently established as an American farmingaristocracy who wedded among the Indians and Ijrought up a half-breed nationof their own. A party from among these men resettled abandoned BuenosAires in 1580. and there united with new settlers and officials who had comeout from Spain. Meanwhile the Portuguese, stimulated by these efforts at Spanish settle-ment in the south, had resolved to colonize and take firm possession of theirhitherto neglected territory of Brazil. A colonizing, as distinct from anexploring, expedition was sent out under Martin da Souza and landed near thepresent city of Santos in 1532. The colonists did not find the land quiteempty. French merchant vessels seeking brazil wood were already commonon the coast; da Souza seized three of them on his voyage. Also th

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