| | 1 | Author: | Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902. | Add | | | Title: | The True Story of Christopher Columbus, Called the Great Admiral  | | | | Published: | 1998 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Ornamental cap of the letter M with a sailboat in the background.
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. The mountains were behind it; the sea was in front of it, and it
was so beautiful a place that the people who lived there called it
"Genoa the Superb." Christopher Columbus was born in this beautiful
city of Genoa in the year 1446, at number 27 Ponticello Street. He was a
bright little fellow with a fresh-looking face, a clear eye and golden
hair. His father's name was Domenico Columbus; his mother's name was
Susanna. His father was a wool-comber. He cleaned and straightened out
the
snarled-up wool that was cut from the sheep so as to make it
ready to be woven into cloth. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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