The beginner's American history . Map showing the direction in which Columbus sailed on his great voyage across the ocean. Then Columbus gave the order to furl sails, and thethree vessels came to a stop and waited for the the sun rose on Friday, October I2th, 1492, Co-lumbus saw a beautiful island with many trees growingon it. That was his first sight of the New World. 13. Columbus lands on the island and names it; who livedon the island. — Attended by the captains of the other twovessels, and by their crews, Columbus set out in a boat forthe island. When they landed, all fell on the
The beginner's American history . Map showing the direction in which Columbus sailed on his great voyage across the ocean. Then Columbus gave the order to furl sails, and thethree vessels came to a stop and waited for the the sun rose on Friday, October I2th, 1492, Co-lumbus saw a beautiful island with many trees growingon it. That was his first sight of the New World. 13. Columbus lands on the island and names it; who livedon the island. — Attended by the captains of the other twovessels, and by their crews, Columbus set out in a boat forthe island. When they landed, all fell on their knees, CHRISTOPHER Landing of Columbus. kissed the ground for joy, and gave thanks to God. Colum-bus named the island San Salvador^ and took possession ofit, by right of discovery, for the king and queen of Spain. He found that it was inhabited by a copper-coloredpeople who spoke a language he could not people had neverseen a ship or a whiteman before. They woreno clothing, but paintedtheir bodies with brightcolors. The Spaniardsmade them presents ofstrings of glass beads andred caps. In return theygave the Spaniards skeinsof cotton yarn, tame parrots, and small ornaments of gold. After staying here a short time Columbus set sail towardthe south, in search of more land and in the hope of find-ing out where these people got their gold. 14. Columbus names the group of islands and their people. —As Columbus sailed on, he saw many islands in every direc-tion. He thought that they must be a part of the Indieswhich he was seeking. Since he had reached them bycoming west from Spain, he calle
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