. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. d. They did not want to offend either the Spaniards or thePortuguese, and get into a war with them, and besides, they hadbeen used to paying almost as much deference as other people tothe laws of the be sure, beforethe diviaion abovespoken of had beenmade, the Cabotshad made a coupleof voyages, but aft-er that Englandrather held off fromhelping explorersfrom motives ofpolicy, and Francewas inactive for thesame reason. There was atthis time a daringPortuguese marin-er, Ferdinand deMagellan, who hadjoined the service ofSpai
. Stories of the three Americas. Their discovery and settlement. d. They did not want to offend either the Spaniards or thePortuguese, and get into a war with them, and besides, they hadbeen used to paying almost as much deference as other people tothe laws of the be sure, beforethe diviaion abovespoken of had beenmade, the Cabotshad made a coupleof voyages, but aft-er that Englandrather held off fromhelping explorersfrom motives ofpolicy, and Francewas inactive for thesame reason. There was atthis time a daringPortuguese marin-er, Ferdinand deMagellan, who hadjoined the service ofSpain, rather thanthat of his owncountry, because hewas promised great-er rewards there. He was a shrewd man, and fully understood the shape of the earth,and the principles of navigation. He was quite sure that theMolucca and Spice Islands, which had been reached by Vasco deGama by going around Africa, could be reached by sailing westward,and thus could be made to come in the popes gift of the new worldto Spain. So he induced the government and some wealthy men to. FERDINAND DE MAGELLAN. 44 STORIES OF THE THREE AMERICAS. fit out an expedition for this purpore. It had five ships and two-hundred and thirty-six men and these set sail from the harbor ofSeville in 1519. He followed the line of Vespuccis voyage westward,reached Brazil, and cruised along its coast southward, until he cameto a great opening in the land. This delighted the eager navigatorvery much, for he thought that he had now found the western passageto India. But, after sailing into this gulf he discovered that itswaters were fresh, so he knew that it could not be an arm of the ocean,and finding by going further that the narrowing banks proved it to beonly a river, he hurried back to the sea again. He had no desire tomake the acquaintance of the naked savages that flocked down tothe shore to watch his vessels, for his sailors .jaid these natives werecannibals. If you will look on your maps of South America youwill recog
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