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I've seen Sir Huon and a troop of his people setting off from Tintagel Castle for Hy-Brasil in the teeth of a sou'-westerly gale, with the spray flying all over the Castle, and the Horses of the Hills wild with fright.
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I've seen Sir Huon and a troop of his people setting off from Tintagel Castle for Hy-Brasil in the teeth of a sou'-westerly gale, with the spray flying all over the Castle, and the Horses of the Hills wild with fright.
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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Better yet, he had heard of other islands, rich in spices, gold, and cities -- Hy-Brasil, Cibola, Estotiland, Norumbega -- and greatest of all, the legendary Calyferne, ruled by Amazons and guarded by gryphons!
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008
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They were just starting to explore the coast of a large island they named for the legendary land of Hy-Brasil, and some were saying that it might be a continent, especially when a ship returned with reports that northwest of the desert lands first discovered was a vast jungle with a river so wide and powerful that it made the ocean fresh twenty miles from its mouth.
Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996
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It made Hy-Brasil seem magical, and the Portuguese were preparing an expedition to explore the coast and look for a site for supply stations.
Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996
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The sailors who landed in Hy-Brasil got sick, but the disease was quick and never killed.
Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996
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Already word had come back from the King of Portugal that all plans to explore Hy-Brasil had been abandoned, and Cristoforo was confident that other monarchs would be as prudent.
Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996
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Castle for Hy-Brasil in the teeth of a sou'-westerly gale, with the spray flying all over the Castle, and the Horses of the Hills wild with fright.
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Floating over waves of jasper, far Hy-Brasil in the west.
The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Henry Kendall 1860
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We can never find Hy-Brasil, never see its hills again;
The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Henry Kendall 1860
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