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... things came from a very far country called India . They brought them across the great deserts on the backs of camels . At Constantinople , or at some place in western Asia , they sold them to traders who sent them in ships S PORTUG E ...
... things came from a very far country called India . They brought them across the great deserts on the backs of camels . At Constantinople , or at some place in western Asia , they sold them to traders who sent them in ships S PORTUG E ...
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... things . Year after year went by , and still no one had learned whether the long coast ever came to an end , or whether there was any way at all by which to reach the Indian Ocean . " We shall never get to India by going around Africa ...
... things . Year after year went by , and still no one had learned whether the long coast ever came to an end , or whether there was any way at all by which to reach the Indian Ocean . " We shall never get to India by going around Africa ...
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... things he had brought from the islands beyond the sea . They honored him in every way they could . A happy man was Columbus . IV . THE SECOND VOYAGE In a few months everything was ready for another voyage . Seventeen ships sailed from ...
... things he had brought from the islands beyond the sea . They honored him in every way they could . A happy man was Columbus . IV . THE SECOND VOYAGE In a few months everything was ready for another voyage . Seventeen ships sailed from ...
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... thing and then another delayed him . It was not until four years after the return of Columbus from his first voyage that Cabot was ready to sail . He had but one ship , called the Matthew . 1497 With him went his son Sebastian , a young ...
... thing and then another delayed him . It was not until four years after the return of Columbus from his first voyage that Cabot was ready to sail . He had but one ship , called the Matthew . 1497 With him went his son Sebastian , a young ...
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... things as Columbus had discovered farther south . At length he caused the Matthew to be turned about , and before the end of July the little vessel and its crew were safe home in Bristol harbor . Columbus was just then preparing to make ...
... things as Columbus had discovered farther south . At length he caused the Matthew to be turned about , and before the end of July the little vessel and its crew were safe home in Bristol harbor . Columbus was just then preparing to make ...
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Page 325 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 328 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it — if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it — and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 303 - ... and the President of the United States should tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and asked...
Page 230 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the "First had his Cromwell — -and George the Third
Page 309 - Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native state, in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword.
Page 262 - A tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular; his manners those of a rough backwoodsman.
Page 276 - I wish that in an instant I could communicate the information: but three thousand miles are not passed over in an instant, and we must wait four long weeks before we can hear from each other.