. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. - Ferdinand III. of Castilebefore the middle of the thirteenth century; and the Moors took refugein the kingdom of Granada. Still, for more than two hundred years, theMoors maintained tlier power, untU the strength of the separate king-doms of Aragon and Castile Avas consolidated, owing to the marriage of 7HE SPANIARDS AND PORTUGUESE, 8r. COLUMBUS AT THK COUNCIL OF SALAMANCA.
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. - Ferdinand III. of Castilebefore the middle of the thirteenth century; and the Moors took refugein the kingdom of Granada. Still, for more than two hundred years, theMoors maintained tlier power, untU the strength of the separate king-doms of Aragon and Castile Avas consolidated, owing to the marriage of 7HE SPANIARDS AND PORTUGUESE, 8r. COLUMBUS AT THK COUNCIL OF SALAMANCA. Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile in 1469. At last Granadawas taken by Ferdinand, in 1492, and tlie King of Spain, a powerfulruler, bad for almost bis sole rival in the peninsula tbe power of Portugal,wbicli, advantageously placed, bad been entering upon a career of mari-time discovery of tbe utmost importance to tbe civilised world. Beginning with tbeir appropriation of Madeira and tbe Canaries,Portuguese voyagers went down tbe coast of Africa to tbe Cape, wbicbDiaz discovered in 1487, wbile Vasco de Grama found out tbe Maritimeway to tbe Indies by tbe Cape in 1497. Ere tbis, bowever, ^ bad bad tbe bonour of apparently solving tbe problem of a westernroute to tbe Indies, and bad reaUy discovered the West Indies in 1492,Ferdinand and Isabella having aided tbe Genoese Columbuswith ships. But the Cape bad been doubled before Columbus, ^ ^^in 1498, landed on tbe continent of America. In 1499-1500, Brazil w^asdiscovered by Portu
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