"Terra incognita" Quotes from Famous Books
... sunshine. His name Kortlandt (Shortland or Lackland) was supposed, like that of the illustrious Jean Sansterre, to indicate that he had no land; but he insisted, on the contrary, that he had great landed estates somewhere in Terra Incognita, and he had come out to the New World to look after them. He was the first great land speculator that we read of ... — Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 • Charles H. Sylvester |