Not content with sea dignities, he was also to be Viceroy and Governor-General in all islands or mainlands that he might acquire; he wanted a tenth part of the profits resulting from his discoveries, in perpetuity; and he must have the permanent right of contributing an eighth part of the cost of the equipment and have an additional eighth part of the profits; and all his heirs and descendants for ever were to have the same privileges.
"Christopher Columbus, Complete"
Filson Young
The irregular coastlines, the bays and harbors, the near islands and mainlands invited to the sea.
"The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner"
Charles Dudley Warner
Nature guards well the chains by which she connects promontories with mainlands, and binds continents together.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh