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       Mildred Stapley Byne

      Christopher Columbus

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       [email protected]

      EAN 4064066214159

       CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

       CHAPTER I

       CHAPTER II

       CHAPTER III

       CHAPTER IV

       CHAPTER V

       CHAPTER VI

       CHAPTER VII

       CHAPTER VIII

       CHAPTER IX

       CHAPTER X

       CHAPTER XI

       CHAPTER XII

       CHAPTER XIII

       CHAPTER XIV

       CHAPTER XV

       CHAPTER XVI

       CHAPTER XVII

       CHAPTER XVIII

       CHAPTER XIX

       CHAPTER XX

       CHAPTER XXI

      CHAPTER I COLUMBUS BEFRIENDED BY ROYALTY

      CHAPTER II THE YOUTH OF COLUMBUS

      CHAPTER III "LANDS IN THE WEST"

      CHAPTER IV THE SOJOURN IN MADEIRA

      CHAPTER V A SEASON OF WAITING

      CHAPTER VI A RAY OF HOPE

      CHAPTER VII ISABELLA DECIDES

      CHAPTER VIII OFF AT LAST!

      CHAPTER IX "LAND! LAND!"

      CHAPTER X NATIVES OF THE NEW LAND

      CHAPTER XI THE RETURN IN THE NINA

      CHAPTER XII DAYS OF TRIUMPH

      CHAPTER XIII PREPARING FOR A SECOND VOYAGE

      CHAPTER XIV FINDING NEW ISLANDS

      CHAPTER XV ON A SEA OF TROUBLES

      CHAPTER XVI THE THIRD VOYAGE

      CHAPTER XVII A RETURN IN DISGRACE

      CHAPTER XVIII PUBLIC SYMPATHY

      CHAPTER XIX THE LAST VOYAGE

      CHAPTER XX THE COURAGE OF DIEGO MENDEZ

      CHAPTER XXI "INTO PORT"

      CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

       Table of Contents

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      COLUMBUS BEFRIENDED BY ROYALTY

      Spain, as every one knows, was the country behind the discovery of America. Few people know, however, what an important part the beautiful city of Granada played in that famous event. It was in October, 1492, that Columbus first set foot on the New World and claimed it for Spain. In January of that same year another territory had been added to that same crown; for the brave soldier-sovereigns, Ferdinand and Isabella, had conquered the Moorish kingdom of Granada in the south and made it part of their own country.

      Nearly eight hundred years before, the dark-skinned Moors had come over from Africa and invaded the European peninsula which lies closest to the Straits of Gibraltar, and the people of that peninsula had been battling fiercely ever since to drive them back to where they came from. True, the Moor had brought Arabian art and learning with him, but he had brought also the Mohammedan religion, and that was intolerable not only to the Spaniards but to all Europeans. No Christian country could brook the thought of this Asiatic creed flourishing on her soil, so Spain soon set to work to get rid of it.

      This war between the two religions began in the north near the Bay of Biscay whither the Christians were finally pushed by the invaders. Each century saw the Moors driven a little farther south toward the Mediterranean, until Granada, where the lovely Sierra Nevadas rise, was the last stronghold left them. Small wonder, then, that when Granada was finally taken the Spanish nation was supremely happy. Small wonder that they held a magnificent fete in their newly-won city in the "Snowy Mountains." The vanquished Moorish king rode down from his mountain citadel and handed its keys to Ferdinand and Isabella. Bells pealed, banners waved, and the people cheered wildly

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