Essentials of United States history . 15. Other Voyages. — Almost immediately after his return Columbus madepreparations for asecond voyage, andthis time he had nodifficulty in gettingsailors to man theships. Such wasthe desire fortravel, said an old-time historian,that the men wereready to leap intothe sea, to swim, ifit had been possi- The Map of Da Vinci, 1512-1516. ble, into these new After the discovery of South America and Florida. parts ) and the SOn of Columbus wrote, There is not a man who does not begto be allowed to become a made in all four voyages across the At
Essentials of United States history . 15. Other Voyages. — Almost immediately after his return Columbus madepreparations for asecond voyage, andthis time he had nodifficulty in gettingsailors to man theships. Such wasthe desire fortravel, said an old-time historian,that the men wereready to leap intothe sea, to swim, ifit had been possi- The Map of Da Vinci, 1512-1516. ble, into these new After the discovery of South America and Florida. parts ) and the SOn of Columbus wrote, There is not a man who does not begto be allowed to become a made in all four voyages across the Atlantic, and^ on the kw4 one touched the shores of South America. Hedied still thinking that it was Asia he had found. In his lastillness, which had been brought on by worries and disap-pointments, he cried, Why doest thou falter in thy trust inGod? He gave thee India. 16. John Cabot. — Columbus wrote a letter giving an ac-count of his voyage, which was translated into Latin andscattered throughout Europe. When the letter reached. THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA 15 England, it was read with great astonishment and the voyagewas considered an achievement more divine than Italian navigator had made a home for himself in thebusy seaport town of Bristol, where he was known as JohnCabot. He had traveled much, had been in the East, and hadaccepted the theory that the earth was round. The story ofthe success of Columbus made him desire to accomplish somenotable thing, and to give to the king of England someshare in the honors that were coming to the kings of Portu-gal and Spain through the discoveries made by their subjects.
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