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Excerpt from A Comic History of the United States This adventurous person had sailed from the port of Palos, in Spain, on the 3d of August with the avowed purpose of see ing the world; and who, thinking he might as well see a new world while he was about it, sailed in the direction of America. For further particulars the reader is re ferred to the accompanying sketch, which, with startling fidelity, portrays the scene at the thrilling moment when a new conti nent bursts upon the bold navigator's vis ion. Pray cast your eye aloft and behold the great Christopher discovering America as hard as ever he can. The flashing eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.