An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . I CHAPTER I. DISCOVEKIES OF THE NORTHMEN. HE name of Christopher Columbus has so long leenassociated with the first general knowledge of theNew World, by Europeans, that numbers of the pre-sent day are ignorant of any discovery of our con-tinent prior to his time. There is conclusive evi-dence, however, of such discovery having been made, although thefact cannot in the least detra

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An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . I CHAPTER I. DISCOVEKIES OF THE NORTHMEN. HE name of Christopher Columbus has so long leenassociated with the first general knowledge of theNew World, by Europeans, that numbers of the pre-sent day are ignorant of any discovery of our con-tinent prior to his time. There is conclusive evi-dence, however, of such discovery having been made, although thefact cannot in the least detract from the hard-earned fame of theGenoese mariner. The people whose records and traditions beartestimony to this event, are the Normans or Northmen. In the dark ages, the Northmen, natives of Scandinavia, whichincluded Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, were the most daring ad-venturers of Europe. At different periods, they conquered portionsnf France, England, Germany, and other nations of Northern and B 13

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