Tag: travel
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The Story of Mankind: The Nile Valley
The history of humanity is the record of a hungry creature in search of food. Wherever food was plentiful, thither people have travelled to make their home. The fame of the Valley of the Nile must have spread at an early date. From the interior of Africa and from the desert of Arabia and from…
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THE TRUE STORY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CALLED THE GREAT ADMIRAL
Elbridge S. Brooks’ “The True Story of Christopher Columbus” depicts Columbus’s ambition, challenges, and achievements, inspiring young readers through his exploration and perseverance.
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CHAPTER III. HOW COLUMBUS GAINED A QUEEN FOR HIS FRIEND.
When you wish very much to do a certain thing it is dreadfully hard to be patient; it is harder still to have to wait. Columbus had to do both. The wars against the Moors were of much greater interest to the king and queen of Spain than was the finding of a new and…
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CHAPTER II. WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT OF THE IDEA.
I do not wish you to think that Columbus was the first man to say that the earth was round, or the first to sail to the West over the Atlantic Ocean. He was not. Other men had said that they believed the earth was round; other men had sailed out into the Atlantic Ocean.…
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CHAPTER I. BOY WITH AN IDEA.
Men who do great things are men we all like to read about. This is the story of Christopher Columbus, the man who discovered America. He lived four hundred years ago. When he was a little boy he lived in Genoa. It was a beautiful city in the northwestern part of the country called Italy.…
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Surviving Childhood: A Flood, a Boat, and Family Memories
Years ago, a Mississippi family braved a month of rain, culminating in a risky boat ride on a flooded river, exemplifying courage and faith in adversity.