. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. cut off by an invasion of hostile Esquimaux from thenorth. After a period of oblivion covering four centuries anda half, the western world was again restored to the knowledgeof the civilized nations of Europe, when, in 1492, ChristopherColumbus re-opened the ocean-road to its vast territories. Inthe early part of the eighteenth century Hans Egede, withships and means furnished by Frederick IV., of Denmark,proceeded to Greenland in search of the remains of the long-forgotten colony. Since that time the Danes have heldpossess
. The Library of historic characters and famous events of all nations. cut off by an invasion of hostile Esquimaux from thenorth. After a period of oblivion covering four centuries anda half, the western world was again restored to the knowledgeof the civilized nations of Europe, when, in 1492, ChristopherColumbus re-opened the ocean-road to its vast territories. Inthe early part of the eighteenth century Hans Egede, withships and means furnished by Frederick IV., of Denmark,proceeded to Greenland in search of the remains of the long-forgotten colony. Since that time the Danes have heldpossession of the countr>. It remains to be said that certain supposed monuments,attesting the visits of the Northmen, such as the DightonRock and the Old Mill at Newport, are not authentic,and are in no wise necessary to prove the priority of theNorthmen in the discovery of America. The late ProfHorsford believed that he had discovered evidence of ancientNorwegian settlements on the Charles River, Massachusetts,but the proof seemed insufficient to establish his
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