Mary Ella Lyng

Contents

[CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS]5
[JOHN SMITH and POCAHONTAS]7
[SIR WALTER RALEIGH]8
[WILLIAM PENN]10
[SIR FRANCIS DRAKE]11
[PILGRIMS]13
[GEORGE WASHINGTON]15
[GEORGE ROGERS CLARK]20
[ANDREW JACKSON]21
[JOHN C. FREMONT]24
[WEBSTER, CLAY and CALHOUN]27
[THE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN]33
[GRANT AND LEE]35
[ROBERT E. LEE]36
[SOME WOMEN OF HISTORY]38

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

INTRODUCTION:

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, more than four hundred and fifty years ago. Genoa was a rich town on the Mediterranean Sea. She had trading routes to India, China and Japan.