Excerpt from History of the United States For centuries before Columbus the seas which stretched away from the coasts of Europe had remained an expanse Of mystery and wonder. Ships had crept cautiously out upon their waters and back again, but no one had ventured to sail away from land for days and days, with no signs of hope from the apparently limitless waste, sustained only by faith in his own enterprise, until Columbus dared, and solved the mystery. In View of the results that have come from his ventures, his may be ...
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Excerpt from History of the United States For centuries before Columbus the seas which stretched away from the coasts of Europe had remained an expanse Of mystery and wonder. Ships had crept cautiously out upon their waters and back again, but no one had ventured to sail away from land for days and days, with no signs of hope from the apparently limitless waste, sustained only by faith in his own enterprise, until Columbus dared, and solved the mystery. In View of the results that have come from his ventures, his may be accounted the greatest dis covery in the history of the world. Certainly his bold incursions into 'the mystery of the western horizon mark the beginning of American history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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