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 unknown seaman, Christopher Columbus, 
 first Went to rung )ofyn th/e Second, of Portugal, and told fyim of 
 belief in tfye Wonderful land in tf?e ($est, offering to go upon 
 Ooyage of discovery. But tfye King declined fyis offer and 
 
 Columbus tfyen Went to tl^e courts at @enoa and Venice, meeting 
 
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 sent l^is brother Bart^olpm'eW. to present fyis 
 case to {fenry tl?e e\^entl7, of England, 
 
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 W^ile fy'fc ^sailed for Sbain.. 
 
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 "pe l^ad^' in a manner, to be<5 
 
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 s Way from court to court, to 
 offer to princes tfye discovery of 
 
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"09ouldst %>u fyatfe me go and beg?" 
 
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 v^bout fyalf a league from Palos, on a solitary 
 height overlooking tfye sea-coast and surrounded by a forest of 
 pine trees, tfyere stood, and stands 
 
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 A stranger, traOe'Hin,| on foot,- 
 
 accomjDanied by a young boy, stepped one 
 
 at tfye gate of tf?e consent, and asked of tfye porter a little bread 
 
 and Water for fyis cfyild ....... ipljat stranger Was Columbus 
 
 accompanied by fyis young son Diego." ling's bife of Columbus. 
 
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" ttys learning! Wfyat a ttyng it is!" Taming of ti?e 
 
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 in listened to tfye ideas of 
 Columbus, and, bein a cautious^ 
 monarcfy, called a meeting 
 of learned men to discuss 
 ttye question, fpfye conference 
 Was l]eld in tl?e consent of t. itejafyen, 
 at Salamanca. 
 
 u^ t}?e navigator argued Well, and boldly presented 
 l?is case, tf?e council could not belietfe t[?e eartl? to be round, and 
 
 in^ definite eOer came of it. 
 
by t^ecc a ^ier, 
 
not lose by it." gaming of % t?rew. 
 
 Columbus Was on tl?e point of lea\)in 
 Spain, Weary and disheartened Witfy fyis fruitless quest. 
 
 fte !?ad arrived at tfye Bri^d.^, of Pinos, near t^at city, 
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 and requested .tym 
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 positively undertaken 
 enterprise. 
 
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 er mucfy delay in procuring 
 tfye Vessels and creWs, C^ristojD^er 
 Columbus set sail from tfye port 
 of Palos, on ^riday, <Mugust rd ? 
 is barque, or CaraOel, Was 
 
 anta Maria, and accompanying 
 
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 l?im Were tfye CaraOels Pinta and )4ina. ^-^'W^ole number of per 
 sons t^at sailed Was one fyundred and twenty. 
 
 Eoer^) one Wfyo Watched tl?e s^ips sail Was terror-stricken, be- 
 lieOing f^at tfye Uo^agers Would neOer return from tfye Onl^noWn ea. 
 
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"1st real, tfyat 1 see?" Ws Weil. 
 
 't Was a lontf \7oyatfe to Columbus, 
 
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 netfer once lost faitfy, but it Was eOe.n lo-nger to tfye sailors 
 openly defied tfyeir Commander, and \tjjreatened to turn bad? to 
 
 
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 from afar, and believed t^at fye 
 
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 come to land, and at two o'clock 
 
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 Verified fyis belief. 
 
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 t^e daWn of day a large 
 and beautiful island burst 
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"1 am in ood name and fame." 
 
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 Wn landing, Columbus threw 
 Himself upon his fcnees, Kissed \\\e earth, and returned thanks to 
 
 @od With tears of joy. (phis example Was followed by his com- 
 
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 panions . . . V. Columbus^ rising drew his sWord, displayed the 
 
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 in tfye names of 
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 t^e island 
 name of 
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 in^'s bifc of Columbus. 
 

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gods mafte this a happy day." tflnflprty and Cleopatra. 
 
 natives of the island, When at the daWn 
 of day, they beheld the ships holering on the coast, had supposed 
 them s<%e monsters Which had issued 
 
 from the deep during the ni 
 
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 0$hen the strangers approa 
 fled to the Woods, but gradually 
 grew bolder, until they came and 
 examined the navigators closely, 
 submitted to their touch Without question, fphe saOages noW sup 
 posed that the ships had sailed out of the crystal firmament Which 
 bounded their horizon, or that they descended from above on their 
 ample Wings. 
 
 
Wonders of tf?e World abroad." T^o (Sentlemen of Verona. 
 
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 V^vfter a \)ery stormy Uoyage the Admiral 
 
 Columbus, With his single ship, anchored in the riOer ^agus, op 
 posite l^astello, on March 
 "(Phe tidings of this Wonderful barK. ^ 
 
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 freighted With the people and pro- . " 4l ^|3|^ti 
 
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 ductions of a neWly dis- 
 
 coOered World, filled all foisbon Wi- 
 kL i / astonishment, for several days the 
 
 gus Was coOered With boats and barges going 
 to and from it." 
 
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joy for tys return." ^itus ^Indronicus. 
 
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 received a Wonderful oOation at 
 Barcelona. ix Indians accompanied 
 fyim, and a large body of panisl? 
 cavaliers acted as ,an escort. ' 
 
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 tl^eir throne placed in public, under a canopy of gold, 
 a,jid, as Columbus approached, tl]e sovereigns 
 
 rose and greeted fyim almost as 
 an equal. 
 
 
 
"o appears tfyis fleet majestical." 
 
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 departure 
 
 of Columbus on tyis second 
 Ooya^e of discovery presented a 
 brilliant contrast to fyis gloomy 
 embarkation at Palos. n tr/e 
 
 of September, (1/f9), at tfye daWn of day, tf^e bay of Cadi? 
 
 Was Whitened by ^is fleet, 
 
 Were t^ree lar^e sfyips of 
 
 ^ea\)y burden, and 
 fourteencaraOels. 
 
"09e fyavte no temple but tfye Wood." <*AS ^>ou bite it. 
 
 *)ne of 
 
 caramels Was shipwrecked 
 upon tfye island of fHspaniola* 
 on tfye nil?t of December 
 fpfye creW and Columbus Were rescued 
 on Cfyrisim - Da^, and for J^at reason 
 l?e called iqe place ba )4aOidad, or ^r^e )4atiOity. A fort Was 
 
 built from ttye Wreck, and thirty-nine men Were left in cfyar^e 
 
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 until Columbus could return to pain. ^p^is Was t^e first Colony 
 in eAmerica, but tl|e colonists all died, or Were killed before tfye 
 sl^ips returned. 
 
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OUt Witty [fortune." /proilus and Cressida. 
 
 le Columbus Was in ttye fleW 
 C^orld upon tyis ttyird Voyage, a 
 commissioner Was sent from 
 pain to investigate tyis conduct 
 relative to ttye sla\)er^ of ttye 
 
 Indians, ^tyis commissioner, 
 Don prancisco de Bobadilla, jalaced 
 Columbus in chains, and so sent tyim to pain. Immediately upon 
 tyis arrival Columbus Was received by tyis sovereigns, Wtyo promised 
 to restore tyim to rank and Vindicate tyis tyonor in every W 
 
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 /^"vfter l?is fourtty v)oya^e and 
 
 return to pain, Columbus Was neglected by tfye Court, fyis patron, 
 Isabella, bein ill. aAfter ^er deat^ fye Was unnoticed by t^e 
 Kin, and on t^e 20 fl ? of Marcfy, 1506, a^ed about seventy years, 
 l7e passed aWay. 
 
 pfre Was first buried at 
 Valladolid, bain, then in tl?e 
 
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 cathedral of t^e city of an Domingo, 
 {iispaniola. Afterwards tfye body 
 Was conveyed to jiaOana and buried 
 
 much pomp in tfye cathedral t^ere, on December 20^, 1795. 
 
 

 
 
 
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