. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . but these menwere comparatively very few. 7. Columbus.—One of the boldest and wisest among * They called the land Vineland (or Vinland), by reason of the grapes and a kindland. The story goes that Lief, the Fortnnate, almost as soon as he landed, missed alittle old German servant of his father, Tyrker by name, and was vexed thereat: dnringthe night he seeks him, and meets him coming back with smacking lips, and talkinghighly excited in his old native
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . but these menwere comparatively very few. 7. Columbus.—One of the boldest and wisest among * They called the land Vineland (or Vinland), by reason of the grapes and a kindland. The story goes that Lief, the Fortnnate, almost as soon as he landed, missed alittle old German servant of his father, Tyrker by name, and was vexed thereat: dnringthe night he seeks him, and meets him coming back with smacking lips, and talkinghighly excited in his old native German tongue ; and when they got him to talk Norse,he said, I have news for you. I found vines and grapes for you. Is this true, fosterfather ? It is, says the German, for I was brought up where there was never a lackof grapes ! —Charles Kingsley. 5, How was progress made in Geography ? By what were navigators aided ?6. What was thought of the shape of the earth ? What did the men of science be-lieve? 7. Who was Christopher Columbus ? His studies and voyages ? His projectto sail westward ? Its object ? 14 mSTORY OF TEE UNITED STATES. them was Cliristojiher Columbus, a native of Genoa {jen-o-alt), in Italy. He had stiidied the subject for years, and had made himself fa-miliar with all that wasthen known of thescience of geography, ofwhich he was very had also made manyvoyages. This greatman formed the boldproject of sailing west-ward across the vastocean, where no shipshad ever before beenknown to go. The ob-ject of this undertakingwas to find a short way to a certain rich country in thesoutheastern part of Asia and the islands near it, calledIndia, or the Indies. 8. The Indies—the route to it.—Many persons hadalready gone to this country and these islands, and hadbrought back very exciting accounts of the riches to befound there, as well as of the singular character of thepeople, the animals, the plants, etc.* A considerable com- * The first and most extensive
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