Famous Indian Chiefs; Their Battles, Treaties, Sieges, and Struggles With the Whites for the Possession of America (Essay Index Reprint Series)

July, 1492, two brownskinned Spaniards lay upon the wharf that jutted far out into the waters of the blue Mediterranean Ocean at Palos, Spain, and looked meditatively in the direction of the far West. From their dress it could be easily seen that they were sailors, and from their conversation it was only too evident that they were speculating upon questions that then stirred the thoughts of many intelligent seafarers. As you watch a ship, its hull first disappears upon the horizon, then the spars, and then the masts, them selves, said one, which leads me to the belief that mayhap we shall in some of our voyages come to a point where we shall fall from the centre of the earth and disappear into the heat of a fiery furnace. The other smiled. I am of that opinion myself, he answered, but I do not feel the same fear of toppling off from the edge of things when I am on inland water, for in the Caspian Sea I have found that there is an end to all water courses and bodies of water that are of smaller size than that before us. In maps, I see that gnomes, dragons, hydras, and fire-breathing snakes are pictured in the unexplored distances.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org