Nevertheless, both islands have been colonised by European land-shells, which no doubt had some advantage over the indigenous species.
Of the island of Thera, Herodotus told us that the Phenicians colonised it and inhabited it for eight generations, i.
Thucydides informs us that the Phenicians colonised most of the islands of the AEgean.
The French took it originally from the Spaniards, occupied it, colonised it, planted in it their religion and their language, and fought desperately to maintain their possession.
Virginia had in the meantime effectively colonised Kentucky to the west of her, and for a time this was treated as within her borders.
Many indications, both in Europe and America, lead to the belief that it is physically impossible that man could have colonised the northern hemisphere at an earlier date than this geologically recent continental period.
So far as the writer in Genesis is informed, he does not seem to be aware of any sons of Japhet having colonised Palestine or Egypt.
Other indications of similar bearing are found both in Europe and America, and lead to the belief that it is physically impossible that man could have colonised the northern hemisphere at an earlier date.
They were both colonised primarily by Hamites and subsequently intruded on by Semites.
Besides, it is especially at Athens that it is found on the pottery of Greece proper, and we know that Attica is supposed to have been primitively colonised by the Thracians.
The nations who had invaded the Balkan peninsula and colonised Thrace,' writes M.
The Welsh exiles who colonisedpart of Brittany about the sixth century must have brought with them many stories of the historical Arthur.
The Judaeans who colonised the province were probably loyal to him, or were employed by him.
To the east of the Nagpur plain the large landlocked area of Chhattisgarh in the upper basin of the Mahanadi was colonised at an early period by Hindus from the east of the United Provinces and Oudh, probably coming through Jubbulpore.
The western end of the Nerbudda valley and Betul were colonised from Malwa and Central India.
The three grand divisions of the earth that were known to the ancients, were colonised by the three sons of Noah.
IONIA, ancient name of the western districts of Asia Minor between the Hermus and the Mæander, with adjacent islands; was colonised by Greeks 1050 B.
At that time, in strict alliance with England, she raised herself by her enterprise to the foremost maritime and commercial power of Europe; her navigators founded Brazil, and colonised India.
MAGNA GRÆCA, the ancient name of the southern part of Italy, so called in early times as it was extensively colonised by Greeks.
He made much progress to the southwards, and the Icelandic accounts of the climate and soil and characteristics of the country leave no doubt that Greenland and Nova Scotia were discovered and colonised at this time.
They afterwards returned to Amoy, where, having persuaded several families to join them, they returned to Samazana, and colonised it.
Samaria was colonised a second time by the Assyrians, perhaps in consequence of an unsuccessful revolt.
From an early period the whole of this district had been colonised by the Phoenicians, and, as Phoenicia itself was called Keft by the Egyptians, the part of Egypt in which they had settled went by the name of Keft-ur or "greater Phoenicia.
Many, indeed, fled over the sea and occupied and colonised Armorica, to which they gave the name of Lesser Britain or Brittany.
There is no positive ground for supposing that any Europeans discovered or colonised these before Prince Henry.
Graciosa was colonised by Vasco Gil Sodre, a Portuguese, who had been under Prince Henry's orders to Africa, and at first intended to join in the settlement of Terceira, but afterwards passed over to Graciosa.
In Pamphylia there is no settlement that can be with confidence assigned to them; but in Lycia it would seem that they colonised Phaselis, and perhaps other places.
Cythera is said to have derived its name from the Phoenician who colonised it, and the same is also reported of Melos.
The islands in the strait which separates the North African coast from Sicily were also colonised by the Phoenicians.
There are ample grounds, however, for believing that the Phoenicians colonised Rhodes at the south-western angle of Asia Minor, off the Carian coast.
The islands alternately belonged to England and Spain, till, in 1774, they were finally evacuated by the latter power, though it is only of late years that they have been systematically colonised by England.
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