. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. tacked theSpaniards and drove them from the capital. Retreating,Cortez was forced to give battle. Although his army wassmall, he was victorious, for the Spaniards had guns andswords and wore armor which the Indians could not contendagainst, and received aid from the native tribes, who weredissatisfied with the rule of their king. Cortez returned tothe capital and made a conquest of the entire country. 23. Magellan — Circumnaviga-tion of the Globe.—Ferdinand Ma-gellan was a Portuguese by his native c
. Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. tacked theSpaniards and drove them from the capital. Retreating,Cortez was forced to give battle. Although his army wassmall, he was victorious, for the Spaniards had guns andswords and wore armor which the Indians could not contendagainst, and received aid from the native tribes, who weredissatisfied with the rule of their king. Cortez returned tothe capital and made a conquest of the entire country. 23. Magellan — Circumnaviga-tion of the Globe.—Ferdinand Ma-gellan was a Portuguese by his native country refused tofit out an expedition for him, heoffered his services to Spain. In1519 he set sail to find a passageor strait through America to theIndies. Mag-ellan. After a long voyage, Magellanreached the straits that now bear his name. Many of thecrew were afraid to proceed farther, but Magellan was astout-hearted man, and his answer to his men was that hewould go on if he had to eat the leather off the ships yards. In the voyage across the Pacific Ocean the crew endured. 26 DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION famine and disease; but at last, on the i6th of March, theships landed at one of the group of islands now called thePhilippines. Here Magellan was killed in a battle with thenatives. Here many of the Spaniards were slain. The re-mainder made their escape in the ships as soon as they could.
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