The discovery and exploration of America; a book for American boys and girls . e noblemen, all had their vessels on thewaters preying on whatever they met, and not hesi-tating to shed blood if they could not obtain themastery over their opponents without. When vesselscame together they grappled and fought until night THE STORIES OF NAVIGATORS. 31 put an end to the struggle, unless one or the othergave way, or unless the hand-grenades or other fierymissiles set the vessels on fire and sent them to thebottom. For a score of years the sturdy young sailor busiedhimself in voyaging over the Mediter
The discovery and exploration of America; a book for American boys and girls . e noblemen, all had their vessels on thewaters preying on whatever they met, and not hesi-tating to shed blood if they could not obtain themastery over their opponents without. When vesselscame together they grappled and fought until night THE STORIES OF NAVIGATORS. 31 put an end to the struggle, unless one or the othergave way, or unless the hand-grenades or other fierymissiles set the vessels on fire and sent them to thebottom. For a score of years the sturdy young sailor busiedhimself in voyaging over the Mediterranean ; butthen he seems to have heard of the enterprises ofPrince Henry of Portugal. Certainly he followed thecrowd of strangers who were drawn to Lisbon bythe exciting stories of discoveries made by , which had before been almost an unknowncountry, now rose to a position of great , its capital, was constantly stirred by thestories of adventurers coming home, or by the ex-pectations roused by others just setting out forunknown reo^ CHAPTER VII. A YOUNG MAN FROM ITALY.
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