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Excerpt from 1492-1892, San Salvador: A Story of Columbus and His Discoveries, and a Short Account of the Mound Builders, Visits of the Norsemen, Modern Discovery and the World's Columbian Exposition
The life of this remarkable man reads like a fairy tale, and many of the incidents of. His extra ordinary career would be beyond belief were they not well authenticated. His adventures are as interesting-as Sinbad or Robinson Crusoe and can not fail to have a good influ ence on others when they meet difficulties or face dangers. Columbus is not here painted as an ideal character no claim is made to scholarly education or sublime qualities of heart. The story is told how he astonished and enriched Europe by the discovery of a world such as kings sighed for, poets dreamed of and philos ophers hinted at, but which, before his time, the boldest mariner would not dare to seek.
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