. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . E WAY eople laughed at the wild dream of this persistent stranger. Delay and he children in the streets pointed their fingers at him and whis- ment^^^^ ;red, Look! theres the crazy man who thinks he can cross the 3a of Darkness! Columbus had some reason to hope for aid om France, and he had sent his brother to England to ask for jlp. He determined to leave Spain. One morning a man with gray hair and keen blue eyes stood jfore the convent of La Rabida near Palos and asked for food Columbus at r his little son. The prior of this
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . E WAY eople laughed at the wild dream of this persistent stranger. Delay and he children in the streets pointed their fingers at him and whis- ment^^^^ ;red, Look! theres the crazy man who thinks he can cross the 3a of Darkness! Columbus had some reason to hope for aid om France, and he had sent his brother to England to ask for jlp. He determined to leave Spain. One morning a man with gray hair and keen blue eyes stood jfore the convent of La Rabida near Palos and asked for food Columbus at r his little son. The prior of this convent was a learned man who P ^ as especially interested in geography. He noticed the stranger , the gate and began to talk with him. When he found what a onderful plan he had in mind — for the stranger was Columbus mself — the prior wrote to Queen Isabella and pleaded for her d. He told her what glory such a discovery would bring to oain and how much wealth would pour in from the trade with le Indies. She became greatly interested, but a difficulty -THE REAL POSITION OF THE CONTINENTS olumbus demanded the title of admiral, the right to rule over le lands that he should discover, and one tenth of all gains that iglit be made. The Spanish courtiers were jealous that an unknown man, a reigner, should dream of having so much power, and although Jealousy of 3 was ready to risk his life, one of them said to him sneeringly: courtiers 6 OUR COUNTRYS STORY * You have nothing to lose if you fail, and you make sure of yourtitle, whether you accomplish anything or not. You re a was not selfish, but he felt that he had a right toIsabella aids share in whatever gain might come from his years of study andthought. Moreover, he needed a large sum of money to carry out
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