The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . t was not[986] colonized before that time, butI found a place where it said that itwas found in 876,—it might have beena mistake, though. Well, I want to know whythese Norsemen were the ones to dothis. Who were they ? I thoughtthey lived in Norway, exclaimedPhinney. So their descendants do, and |they live in a very quiet way compared to that of their roving ancestors. At that time they were the ^discoverers of the world. For tw
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . t was not[986] colonized before that time, butI found a place where it said that itwas found in 876,—it might have beena mistake, though. Well, I want to know whythese Norsemen were the ones to dothis. Who were they ? I thoughtthey lived in Norway, exclaimedPhinney. So their descendants do, and |they live in a very quiet way compared to that of their roving ancestors. At that time they were the ^discoverers of the world. For two orthree centuries they had overrun a norse sea-king. the British Isles, and Canute, one of their princes, was seated upon thethrone of England. They occupied a part of France, which they calledNormandy ; held possession of Sicily ; the northern coasts of Italy andGreece ; and dictated the laws of Jerusalem and Constantinople. So yousee they were the power of the world at one time. And now hold only one little corner of it—that seems to be theway with nations as well as peoples, said Bennie. Did you find out anything about Eric the Red? asked Mamma 34 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. It was lie who made the first colony in Greenland in 986. He wascalled Eric Rauda, or Eric the Red, because his hair and beard werered, said Katie. I read that he was twice a murderer, and that he was banishedfrom his native land. He was called Eric the Red because he was a
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