..Under the crown, American history; . describedby Marco Polo. At the same time, the avowedobject of the expedition was to convey a knowl-edge of the Christian religion to the Prince THE DISCOVER¥. who is called the Grand Khan, who sent toRome to entreat for doctors of our Holy was the object stated by Columbus him-self in the first pages of his diary, which began thus: In nomine D. Christi! (In thename of our Lord JesusChrist.) The expedition, there-fore, had a religiouscharacter, and Colum-bus regarded himself inthe light, not of a mis-sionary indeed, but asthe forerunner o
..Under the crown, American history; . describedby Marco Polo. At the same time, the avowedobject of the expedition was to convey a knowl-edge of the Christian religion to the Prince THE DISCOVER¥. who is called the Grand Khan, who sent toRome to entreat for doctors of our Holy was the object stated by Columbus him-self in the first pages of his diary, which began thus: In nomine D. Christi! (In thename of our Lord JesusChrist.) The expedition, there-fore, had a religiouscharacter, and Colum-bus regarded himself inthe light, not of a mis-sionary indeed, but asthe forerunner of mis-sionaries, and the pre-parer of the way for wonder he did not havea priest with him. He did not, however, althoughhe carried a notary to take possession of anylands he might discover, in the name of theKing and Queen of Spain. The admiral offered a reward to whosoevershould discover land. On the nineteenth dayof the voyage a voice from one of the vessels,the Pinta, was heard crying, Land, land, seiior!I claim my reward!. SANTA MARIA. THE DISCOVERY. 5 It was Martin Alonzo Pinzon who uttered thejoyful cry, pointing at the same time toward thesouthwest at a low-lying bank of mist whichhad deceived him. Columbus, too, was deceived, and threw him-self upon his knees to offer thanks. All thecrews of the two vessels in advance knelt also,while Pinzon, the sailors and the admiral unitedin chanting, Gloria in Excelsis Deo. The anxious voyagers soon discovered theirmistake, and their spirits sank within them. Asecond time they were cheered by signs of a quantity of fresh weeds, they saw fishwhich they recognized to be of a kind that livenear rocky ledges. They saw also a branch ofthorn with berries on it, and picked up a reed,a board, and, most thrilling of all, a carved staff. Again the crew broke into joyous thanks-giving, and when the evening came the crewsof all the ships sang with peculiar fervor thevesper hymn to the Virgin, an act which theynever omitted
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