[1] The belief that the world was round was by no means new, as learned men before Columbus's day had reached the same conclusion. But only a comparatively small number of people held such a view of the shape of the earth.
[2] The sum sent was 20,000 maravedis of Spanish money.
[3] De Leon discovered this land in the full bloom of an Easter Sunday (1513). In token of the day and the flowers he named it Pascua Florida.
[4] The Huguenots were French Protestants, who were then at war with the Catholics in France.
[5] According to tradition, the Pilgrims, in landing, stepped on a small granite bowlder, since known as Plymouth Rock. The date of landing, December 21, is called Forefathers' Day.
[6] Squanto had been taken to England by some white men in 1614.
[7] Oxford University is composed of a number of colleges. The one Penn attended was Christ Church College.
[8] This war has sometimes been called the Old French War, and sometimes the French and Indian War.
[9] This number is too large. Two millions is nearer the truth.
[10] The other two ships arrived a few days later.