La storia di Columbus . rtain chiesa in Iluelva, fagiolo themarked cadendo a Columbus una volta di più. I^ina si precipitò lungo sotto una furiosa gale, con-out un pollice di vela e con il mare in esecuzione per un ter-rific altezza, mentre ci sono stati lampi andbursts di tuono. Columbus mi sentivo come se egli wererepulsed sin dalla porta di casa - come ha detto.nel mezzo della notte è venuto il grido di terra, butthis solo aggiunto al terrore dei marinai, per l'shipwas in pericolo di essere trascinata a terra a capofitto andwrecked. Per evitare questo, hanno gestito tomake un po' di vela. Quando la camma di mattina

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The story of Columbus . rtain church in Iluelva, themarked bean falling to Columbus once more. The I^ina rushed along under a furious gale, with-out an inch of sail, and with the sea running to a ter-rific height, while there were lightning flashes andbursts of thunder. Columbus felt as though he wererepulsed from the very door of the house, - as he said.In the middle of the night came the cry of land, butthis only added to the terror of the seamen, for the shipwas in danger of being driven ashore headlong andwrecked. In order to prevent this, they managed tomake a little sail. When morning came, Columbus sawthat he was off the point of Cintra, near the city ofLisbon, in Portugal. There was nothing for it but totake refuge in the harbor, and brave the Portuguese intheir very capital. LAND. 101 The Kina had no sooner entered the bay than thepeople ran in crowds to look at her, as though theywere gazing on a miracle. They were, in truth, aston-ished that so frail a bark had weathered the storm when ^^S??—-:^.. PORT OF LISBON. there was news everywhere of wrecks. Columbus senta courier to the King and Queen of Spain Aviththe newsof his discovery. He also wrote to the King of Portu-gal, telling him where he had been, and asking that hemight enter the port of Lisbon. He did this becausethe story had got about that his ship was loaded withgold, and he was afraid of being troubled. The captain of a Portuguese man-of-war which laynear him summoned Columbus on board his vessel to ac-count for himself. But Columbus stood upon his dignityas a Spanish admiral, and refused to come. When thePortuguese captain heard, however, what an extraordi-nary voyage the Kina had been on, he came to visitColumbus with the music of drums, fifes, and trumpets. 102 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. By the next day the water was covered with boat-loads of people who had come out to see the Indians onboard the Nina, and hear the sailors tell of the strangelands to which they had been. The king gave ordersth

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1890
• booksubjectcolumbuschristopher