Christopher ColumbusSam'l. Gabriel Sons, 1917 |
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Page 93 - Little have I profited," he adds, in another, "by twenty years of service, with such toils and perils; since, at present, I do not own a roof in Spain. If I desire to eat or sleep, I have no resort but an inn; and, for the most times, have not wherewithal to pay my bill.
Page 26 - Spanish flag on the new soil, and took possession of the land in the name of the King and Queen of Spain.
Page 9 - Columbus thought the earth was much smaller than it really is, and neither he nor any other man dreamed of our great western continent, nor of the mighty Pacific Ocean.