"Manta" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... que es lo mejor destos distritos el goueror. pasado y el presente Repartieron la trra y moradores della qe estan pacificos y asise yra rrepartiendo lo qe se pacificare ase hecho tasacion delo qe Cada tributao a se dar e Vn ano que es vna manta de algodon de qe ay mucha abundancia en esta ysla de diez varas de largo y dos de ancho es rropa de que vsan los naturales pa bestirse delgada asi mismo an de dar dosas. de arroz y vna gallina entiendese lo daran sin pesadunbre ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 - Volume III, 1569-1576 • E.H. Blair
... were adverse to the surrender of the ships, so that a mutiny was the consequence; when, at the instance of Salasar, the Government of Guayaquil was induced to sanction an assertion that the Chilian squadron was at anchor in the bay of La Manta, and that letters had been received from me announcing my intention to come to Guayaquil and seize the ships. This mendacity had the desired effect, and both officers and crews accepted the terms offered; so that San Martin's agents had thus ...
— Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, - from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 • Thomas Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald
... for windows, covered with thin unbleached muslin (or manta, as it is always called out there), glass windows being then too great a luxury in that remote place. There were some partitions inside the ranch, but no doors; and, of course, no floors except adobe. Several half-breed ...
— Vanished Arizona - Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman • Martha Summerhayes |
