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ofpresterjohnbysea,hadreaostpoint
ofafricape,onatof
thestrongfrotinuinghis
voyagetoheeast,butthelisbonpilotsood
theiortahisdisveryintheirquestfortheindia
eintothatofthecapeofgood
hope.
oneyearlater,pedrodevilhaprovidedhletters
ofediilarssion
bylaerraneanandafterleaving
egypt,hetravelledsouth
there,travellingthroughtheersofthepersiangulfh
feenhadseensihedaysofalexahegreat,
eighteeuriesbefore,hevisitedgoaandcalithe
astofindiaagreatdealofhe
islandoftheondagascarolie
halfued,paid
aseedina,crossedtheredsea
onof
presterjohn,hantheblaegusor
kingofabyssinia,orshadadoptedchristianity
inthefourthtury,sevenhundredyearsbeforethechristian
ssionarieshadfoundtheirosdinavia.
thesenyvoyageshadnvihepuesegeographers
andcartographersthathevoyagetotheindies
byaesearouteeanseasy.
thentherearoseagreatdebate.sopeopleedtontinue
theexploratioofthecapeofgoodhope.others
said,``no,ustsailacrosstheatlantidthenwe
shallreachcathay.
letusstaterightherethatstintelligentpeopleofthat
daylynvihattheearthasflatasa
paeansysteftheuniverse,
iedanddulydesy,thegreat
egyptiangeographer,heseuryof
ourera,pleneedsofthenofthe
ddleages,hadlongbeendiscardedbythestistsofthe
renaissaheyhadacceptedthedoeofthepolish
theti,nilauspeicus,udieshadn
vincedhihattheearthberofroundplas
uedaroundthesun,adisveryventure
topublishforthirtysixyearsitedin1548,
theyearofhisdeathfroearoftheholyinquisition,a
papalurtablishedihirteeury
heheresiesofthealbigensesandthewaldenses
infrandinitalyveryldheresiesofdevoutlypious
peoplebelieveinprivatepropertyandpreferred
toliveinontthreatehe
absolutepoe.butthebeliefinthe
roundnessoftheearthnaicalexperts
and,asisaid,theyingtherespective
advaheeasteandtheeroutes.
angtheadvocatesoftheeroutewasagenoese
rihenaofbo.heheson
ofaert.heseetohavebeenastudentatthe
uyofpaviaathetid
geotry.theookuphisfatherstradebutsoonwefind
hierraravellingonbusiness.
thereafteroenglandbuther
henorthinsearchofhecaptainofashipwe
donotknoboifwe
aretobelievehisoedid,butverylikely
heonlygotasfarasthefaroeislandshareldenough
infebruarytobestakenforidbyanyone.here
lootthedesenwho
ihturyhadsettledingreenlandandwhohad
visitedaritheeleveury,whenleifsvessel
hadbeenblootheastofvineland,orlabrador.
eofthosefareloniesnoone
kneerilonyofthorfinnkarlsefhehusband
oftheherthorstein,fouhe
year1003,hadbeendisntihreeyearslateronat
ofthehostilityoftheesquiux.asfreenland,nota
thesettlerssiheyear1440.
verylikelythegreenlandershadalldiedoftheblackdeath.
killedhalfthepeopleofnorway.however
thatghtbe,thetraditionofa``vastlandiant
stillsurvivedangthepeopleofthefaroeandid,and
loosthaveheardofit.hegatheredfurtherinfortion
angthefishernofthenorthesttishislandsand
thenarriedthedaughterofone
ofthecaptainshe
navigator.
frohatntontheyear1478hedevotedhielf
tothequestoftheeroutetotheindies.hesenthis
plansforsuchavoyagetotheurtsalandspain.
thepuese,onop
olyoftheeasteroute,listentohisplans.in
spain,ferdinandonandisabellaofcastile,whose
rriagein1469haddespainintoasinglekingdowere
busydrivingtheorsfroheirlaststronghold,granada.
theyhadnoneyforriskyexpeditions.theyneededevery
pesetafortheirsoldiers.
feofightasdesperatelyfor
theirideasasthisbraveitalian.butthestoryofloo
orlonorluus,as,istooo
bearrepeating.theorssurrenderedgranadaonthesend
ofjanuaryoftheyear1492.ihofaprilofthe
sayear,luussigracththekingand
queenofspain.onfriday,the3rdofaugust,heleftpalos
en,nyof
inalsnityofpunishnt
iftheyjoiheexpedition.attoing
offriday,the12thofobusdisveredland.on
thefourthofjanuaryoftheyear1493,luuswavedfarewell
tothe44nofthelittlefortressoflanavidadnone
ofeward.
bytheddleoffebruaryhereachedtheazoreshe
puesethreatehrointogaol.oeenth
ofrch,1493,theadralreachedpalosandtogetherh
hisindiansforhee
outlyingislandsoftheindiesandcalledthenativesred
indiaeobaratotellhisfaithfulpatrons
thathehadbeensuccessfulandthattheroadtothe
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