Today's installment concludes Vasco Da Gama Sails Around Africa and Opens the Sea Route To India,our selection from The Three Voyages of Vasco da
India at Last
Sailing with a fair wind, they got sight of land, which the pilots foretold before they saw it; this was a great mountain which is on the coast of
Meeting African Natives
Farther on he found some canoes which were fishing, and the men in them were dark, but not very black; they were naked, having only their middles
Repairs and Consolidating the Expedition
The men’s terrors had been justified; only 150 were left alive.Continuing Vasco Da Gama Sails Around Africa and Opens the Sea Route To India,our
Columbus Discovers South America – 5
Today's installment concludes Columbus Discovers South America,our selection by Clements Robert Markham.If you have journeyed through all of the
Columbus Discovers South America – 4
An insurrection broke out in the Vega Real, headed by the chief Guarionex, who, after suffering innumerable wrongs from the Spaniards, was at last
Columbus Discovers South America – 3
Thinking that a long and rapid course was insufficient to account for the volume of water and the violence of the currents, he conceived the idea that
Columbus Discovers South America – 2
He therefore detached one ship and two caravels from Gomera to make the voyage direct.Continuing Columbus Discovers South America,our selection
Columbus Discovers South America
This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionChristopher Columbus made four voyages of discovery. His career was checkered by