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ofindtheland
ofpresterjohnbysea,hadreaostpoint
ofafricape,onacuntof
thestrongfrotinuinghis
voyagetoheeast,butthelisbonpilotsood
theiortanceofthisdisveryintheirquestfortheindia
eintothatofthecapeofgood
hope
oneyearlater,pedrodevilhaprovidedhletters
ofediilarssion
bylandheediterraneanandafterleaving
egypt,hetravelledsouth
there,travellingthroughtheersofthepersiangulfh
feenhadseensincethedaysofalexanderthegreat,
eighteencenturiesbefore,hevisitedgoaandcalicutonthe
astofindiaagreatdealofhe
islandoftheondagascarolie
halfued,paid
aseedina,crossedtheredsea
onof
presterjohn,hantheblacknegusor
kingofabyssinia,orshadadoptedchristianity
inthefourthcentury,sevenhundredyearsbeforethechristian
ssionarieshadfoundtheiroscandinavia
thesenyvoyageshadnvincedtheportuguesegeographers
andcartographersthathevoyagetotheindies
byaneastesearouteeanseasy
thentherearoseagreatdebatesopeopleedtontinue
theexplorationseastofthecapeofgoodhopeothers
said,``no,ustsailacrosstheatlanticandthenwe
shallreachcathay
letusstaterightherethatstintelligentpeopleofthat
daylynvincedthattheearthasflatasa
pancakebuteansysteftheuniverse,
inventedanddulydesy,thegreat
egyptiangeographer,hesendcenturyof
ourera,pleneedsofthenofthe
ddleages,hadlongbeendiscardedbythescientistsofthe
renaissancetheyhadacceptedthedoctrineofthepolish
thetician,nilauspeicus,udieshadn
vincedhihattheearthberofroundplas
uedaroundthesun,adisveryventure
topublishforthirtysixyearsitedin1548,
theyearofhisdeathfroearoftheholyinquisition,a
papalurtablishedinthethirteenthcentury
heheresiesofthealbigensesandthewaldenses
infranceandinitalyveryldheresiesofdevoutlypious
peoplebelieveinprivatepropertyandpreferred
toliveinontthreatenedthe
absolutepoebutthebeliefinthe
roundnessoftheearthnangthenauticalexperts
and,asisaid,theyingtherespective
advantagesoftheeasteandtheeroutes
angtheadvocatesoftheeroutewasagenoese
rinerbythenaofboheheson
ofaerchantheseetohavebeenastudentatthe
universityofpaviaatheticsand
geotrythenhetookuphisfatherstradebutsoonwefind
hinediterraneantravellingonbusiness
thereafteroenglandbuther
henorthinsearchofhecaptainofashipwe
donotknoboifwe
aretobelievehisoediceland,butverylikely
heonlygotasfarasthefaroeislandshareldenough
infebruarytobestakenforicelandbyanyonehere
lootthedesenwho
inthetenthcenturyhadsettledingreenlandandwhohad
visitedaricaintheeleventhcentury,whenleifsvessel
hadbeenblootheastofvineland,orlabrador
eofthosefareloniesnoone
kneericanlonyofthorfinnkarlsefne,thehusband
oftheherthorstein,foundedinthe
year1003,hadbeendisntinuedthreeyearslateronacunt
ofthehostilityoftheesquiuxasforgreenland,nota
thesettlerssincetheyear1440
verylikelythegreenlandershadalldiedoftheblackdeath
killedhalfthepeopleofnorwayhowever
thatghtbe,thetraditionofa``vastlandinthedistant
stillsurvivedangthepeopleofthefaroeandiceland,and
loosthaveheardofithegatheredfurtherinfortion
angthefisheofthenorthesttishislandsand
thenarriedthedaughterofone
ofthecaptainshe
navigator
frohatntontheyear1478hedevotedhielf
tothequestoftheeroutetotheindieshesenthis
plansforsuchavoyagetotheurtsofportugalandspain
theportuguese,onop
olyoftheeasteroute,listentohisplansin
spain,ferdinandofaragonandisabellaofcastile,whose
rriagein1469haddespainintoasinglekingdowere
busydrivingtheorsfroheirlaststronghold,granada
theyhadnoneyforriskyexpeditionstheyneededevery
pesetafortheirsoldiers
feofightasdesperatelyfor
theirideasasthisbraveitalianbutthestoryofloo
orlonorluus,as,istooo
bearrepeatingtheorssurrenderedgranadaonthesend
ofjanuaryoftheyear1492inthenthofaprilofthe
sayear,luussignedantracththekingand
queenofspainonfriday,thrdofaugust,heleftpalos
en,nyof
inalsnityofpunishnt
iftheyjoinedtheexpeditionattoing
offriday,the12thofobusdisveredlandon
thefourthofjanuaryoftheyear1493,luuswavedfarewell
tothe44nofthelittlefortressoflanavidadnone
ofeward
bytheddleoffebruaryhereachedtheazoreshe
portuguesethreatenedtothrointogaolonthefifteenth
ofrch,1493,theadralreachedpalosandtogetherh
hisindiansforhee
outlyingislandsoftheindiesandcalledthenativesred
indianshehastenedtobarcelonatotellhisfaithfulpatrons
thathehadbeensuccessfulandthattheroadtothe
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ofindtheland
ofpresterjohnbysea,hadreaostpoint
ofafricape,onacuntof
thestrongfrotinuinghis
voyagetoheeast,butthelisbonpilotsood
theiortanceofthisdisveryintheirquestfortheindia
eintothatofthecapeofgood
hope
oneyearlater,pedrodevilhaprovidedhletters
ofediilarssion
bylandheediterraneanandafterleaving
egypt,hetravelledsouth
there,travellingthroughtheersofthepersiangulfh
feenhadseensincethedaysofalexanderthegreat,
eighteencenturiesbefore,hevisitedgoaandcalicutonthe
astofindiaagreatdealofhe
islandoftheondagascarolie
halfued,paid
aseedina,crossedtheredsea
onof
presterjohn,hantheblacknegusor
kingofabyssinia,orshadadoptedchristianity
inthefourthcentury,sevenhundredyearsbeforethechristian
ssionarieshadfoundtheiroscandinavia
thesenyvoyageshadnvincedtheportuguesegeographers
andcartographersthathevoyagetotheindies
byaneastesearouteeanseasy
thentherearoseagreatdebatesopeopleedtontinue
theexplorationseastofthecapeofgoodhopeothers
said,``no,ustsailacrosstheatlanticandthenwe
shallreachcathay
letusstaterightherethatstintelligentpeopleofthat
daylynvincedthattheearthasflatasa
pancakebuteansysteftheuniverse,
inventedanddulydesy,thegreat
egyptiangeographer,hesendcenturyof
ourera,pleneedsofthenofthe
ddleages,hadlongbeendiscardedbythescientistsofthe
renaissancetheyhadacceptedthedoctrineofthepolish
thetician,nilauspeicus,udieshadn
vincedhihattheearthberofroundplas
uedaroundthesun,adisveryventure
topublishforthirtysixyearsitedin1548,
theyearofhisdeathfroearoftheholyinquisition,a
papalurtablishedinthethirteenthcentury
heheresiesofthealbigensesandthewaldenses
infranceandinitalyveryldheresiesofdevoutlypious
peoplebelieveinprivatepropertyandpreferred
toliveinontthreatenedthe
absolutepoebutthebeliefinthe
roundnessoftheearthnangthenauticalexperts
and,asisaid,theyingtherespective
advantagesoftheeasteandtheeroutes
angtheadvocatesoftheeroutewasagenoese
rinerbythenaofboheheson
ofaerchantheseetohavebeenastudentatthe
universityofpaviaatheticsand
geotrythenhetookuphisfatherstradebutsoonwefind
hinediterraneantravellingonbusiness
thereafteroenglandbuther
henorthinsearchofhecaptainofashipwe
donotknoboifwe
aretobelievehisoediceland,butverylikely
heonlygotasfarasthefaroeislandshareldenough
infebruarytobestakenforicelandbyanyonehere
lootthedesenwho
inthetenthcenturyhadsettledingreenlandandwhohad
visitedaricaintheeleventhcentury,whenleifsvessel
hadbeenblootheastofvineland,orlabrador
eofthosefareloniesnoone
kneericanlonyofthorfinnkarlsefne,thehusband
oftheherthorstein,foundedinthe
year1003,hadbeendisntinuedthreeyearslateronacunt
ofthehostilityoftheesquiuxasforgreenland,nota
thesettlerssincetheyear1440
verylikelythegreenlandershadalldiedoftheblackdeath
killedhalfthepeopleofnorwayhowever
thatghtbe,thetraditionofa``vastlandinthedistant
stillsurvivedangthepeopleofthefaroeandiceland,and
loosthaveheardofithegatheredfurtherinfortion
angthefisheofthenorthesttishislandsand
thenarriedthedaughterofone
ofthecaptainshe
navigator
frohatntontheyear1478hedevotedhielf
tothequestoftheeroutetotheindieshesenthis
plansforsuchavoyagetotheurtsofportugalandspain
theportuguese,onop
olyoftheeasteroute,listentohisplansin
spain,ferdinandofaragonandisabellaofcastile,whose
rriagein1469haddespainintoasinglekingdowere
busydrivingtheorsfroheirlaststronghold,granada
theyhadnoneyforriskyexpeditionstheyneededevery
pesetafortheirsoldiers
feofightasdesperatelyfor
theirideasasthisbraveitalianbutthestoryofloo
orlonorluus,as,istooo
bearrepeatingtheorssurrenderedgranadaonthesend
ofjanuaryoftheyear1492inthenthofaprilofthe
sayear,luussignedantracththekingand
queenofspainonfriday,thrdofaugust,heleftpalos
en,nyof
inalsnityofpunishnt
iftheyjoinedtheexpeditionattoing
offriday,the12thofobusdisveredlandon
thefourthofjanuaryoftheyear1493,luuswavedfarewell
tothe44nofthelittlefortressoflanavidadnone
ofeward
bytheddleoffebruaryhereachedtheazoreshe
portuguesethreatenedtothrointogaolonthefifteenth
ofrch,1493,theadralreachedpalosandtogetherh
hisindiansforhee
outlyingislandsoftheindiesandcalledthenativesred
indianshehastenedtobarcelonatotellhisfaithfulpatrons
thathehadbeensuccessfulandthattheroadtothe
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