Essentials of United States history . the way through the continent had atlast been found. Even then his men, fearing starvation, de-sired to go back, but the brave commander declared that he THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA 19 would go on if he had to eat the leather off the shipsyards. When he reached the mayne sea, he was so gladdethereof that for joy the tearesfell from his eyes. Because itsquiet waters were so differentfrom those of the stormy Atlantic,he named it the Pacific or peace-ful. After great suffering hereached a group of islands whichhe called the Ladrones, the islesof robbers. He then
Essentials of United States history . the way through the continent had atlast been found. Even then his men, fearing starvation, de-sired to go back, but the brave commander declared that he THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA 19 would go on if he had to eat the leather off the shipsyards. When he reached the mayne sea, he was so gladdethereof that for joy the tearesfell from his eyes. Because itsquiet waters were so differentfrom those of the stormy Atlantic,he named it the Pacific or peace-ful. After great suffering hereached a group of islands whichhe called the Ladrones, the islesof robbers. He then proceededto another group and named itThe World the Philippine IslandsCircum- after King Philip ofnavigated. gpam> Here Magellan; our warrior, our light, our com-forter, our true guide, was killed in an encounter with thenatives. His lieutenant, Sebastian del Cano, continued thevoyage, and on the sixth day of September, 1522, reachedSpain with one ship and only eighteen men. Thus wasaccomplished the first voyage around the Magellan. SUMMARY The majority of Europeans believed that the world was flatand that the sea was inhabited by monsters who would destroymen and ships. But the capture of Constantinople forced Euro-peans to brave the horrors of the deep in order to find a newtrade route to India. Sailors first sought it around Africa. Meanwhile the idea that the earth was round had beengaining belief, and a few people thought that India mightbe reached by sailing to the west. Christopher Columbusundertook to follow this route and discovered a New World. The report of his voyage excited other nations to make 20 ESSENTIALS OF EXITED STATES HISTORY explorations and they also sent expeditions across the died still believing that he had discovered land lyingoff the coast of Asia; but as years passed, people began tothink that an entirely new continent had been found. Thiswas finally proved by the voyage of Magellan, one of whoseships sailed around the
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