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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.

    Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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