Columbus also explored nearby Cuba and Hispaniola before returning to Spain.
在返回西班牙之前,哥伦布还去过古巴和海地。
During this voyage Columbus also explored the northeast coast of Cuba and the northern coast of Hispaniola.
在这段航程中,哥伦布还到过古巴东北海岸和伊斯帕尼奥拉岛北部海岸。
The poorer, more crowded third of the island of Hispaniola, it was once the heart of the world's richest sugar colony, providing France with a quarter of its wealth in the late 18th century.
这个今天占据伊斯帕尼奥拉岛三分之一面积,(与邻居相比)相对贫困和拥挤的国度,却曾经是世界上最富庶的蔗糖殖民地的中心,它在18世纪末为其宗主国法国提供了四分之一的财富。
"This here's an unlucky ship, this HISPANIOLA, Jim," he went on, blinking.
“这条船可真不吉利——这倒霉的伊斯班袅拉号,吉姆,”他眨了眨眼睛继续说道。
They explored that island and nearby islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola.
他们在该岛和现在被称之为古巴和伊斯帕尼奥拉岛的邻近岛屿进行探险。
Right in front of me, not half a mile away, I beheld the Hispaniola under sail.
我看到在我正前方不到半英里的地方,西斯·潘尼·奥拉号在扬帆而行。
There I saw the Hispaniola in the bay — but the Jolly Roger was flying over her !
我看见伊斯帕尼奥拉号停在海湾里——船上挂着骷髅旗!
Only five of the men who had sailed from Bristol with the Hispaniola returned with her.
随伊斯帕尼·奥拉号从布里斯托尔出航的全体人员只有五个人回来。
Next morning, we moved all the gold to the beach. Then we took it by boat to the Hispaniola.
第二天我们把所有的金子都运到海边,然后用小船运到伊斯帕尼·奥拉号上。
This time, he had many more men and all the animals and equipment needed to start a colony on Hispaniola.
这次,他带了更多的人,以及所需的所有动物和设备,准备在伊斯帕尼奥拉开始建立殖民地。
He got up and came at me with surprising speed, but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side.
他起身以惊人的速度向我扑过来,正在这时伊斯帕尼·奥拉号突然搁浅,向一侧倾斜。
The Hispaniola was under her main-sail and two jibs, and the beautiful white canvas shone in the sun like snow or silver.
西斯·潘尼·奥拉号正鼓起主帆和两个大三角帆前进,美丽的白帆在阳光下如雪似银。
You see, we know that if the Hispaniola does not return to Bristol by the end of August, a rescue ship will be sent to look for us.
你知道,如果伊斯帕尼·奥拉号8月底前不能返回布里斯托尔,一只救援船就会来接我们。
That was Flint's treasure that we bad come so far to seek, and that had cost already the lives of seventeen men from the Hispaniola.
这就是我们万里迢迢来寻找的弗林特的宝藏,伊斯班袅拉号上已有十七个人为此送了命。
Ten to one, if I were so foolhardy as to cut the Hispaniola from her anchor, I and the coracle would be knocked clean out of the water.
如果我冒冒失失真地砍断锚缆,那十有八九我和小筏子都会被弹出水面。
But our best hope, it was decided, was to kill off the buccaneers until they either hauled down their flag or ran away with the Hispaniola.
但他们三个人一致认定,最大的希望还是多杀些海盗,直到他们降下骷髅旗或驾着西斯·潘尼·奥拉号落荒而逃。
The Hispaniola still lay where she had anchored; but, sure enough, there was the Jolly Roger - the black flag of piracy - flying from her peak.
西斯潘尼奥拉号仍然停在下锚的地方,但它的桅杆顶上果然飘起了黑底白骷髅的海盗旗。
I knew if I cut the anchor rope at the wrong moment, the Hispaniola would make a sudden move out to sea, and my boat might be knocked out of the water.
我知道如果我在错误的时候砍断绳索,伊斯帕尼·奥拉号就会突然离岸,我的小船也势必倾覆。
The ship is bought and fitted. She lies at anchor, ready for sea. You never imagined a sweeter schooner--a child might sail her--two hundred tons; name, HISPANIOLA.
船已买到并装备完了。她停泊着准备远航。你再也想像不出会有比这更为漂亮的双桅船了——连个孩子都能驾驶她——两百吨;名字,伊斯班袅拉号。
Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry , but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
也许我会因为擅离职守而受到指责,但夺回伊斯班袅拉号则是最有力的答复。
They go the length of declaring that this honest creature would do anything for money, that the HISPANIOLA belonged to him, and that he sold it me absurdly high — the most transparent calumnies.
他们说得太离谱了,说这个诚实的人为了钱可以做任何事情,说那艘伊斯班袅拉号是属于他的,而他以荒唐的高价卖给了我,这是最明显的诽谤。
They go the length of declaring that this honest creature would do anything for money, that the HISPANIOLA belonged to him, and that he sold it me absurdly high — the most transparent calumnies.
他们说得太离谱了,说这个诚实的人为了钱可以做任何事情,说那艘伊斯班袅拉号是属于他的,而他以荒唐的高价卖给了我,这是最明显的诽谤。
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