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Title: The Juvenile instructor
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle), 1827-1901
Subjects: Mormons Mormon Church
Publisher: Salt Lake City : George Q. Cannon
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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ailing for a shortdistance Westward the Eastern coast ofAsia might be reached. One day the ship took fire. It wassix miles from shore and finding thatthe vessel could not be saved it wasabandoned. Columbus jumped into thesea and swam to shore with the help ofa floating plank which he caught. Hereached the shores of Lisbon, very muchexhausted, but otherwise unhurt. Whilein Portugal he married a lady of thatcountry. They had a son whom theynamed Diego. His wife died after ashort time, and he, being more than everimbued with his ideas, traveled to Genoawhere he sought assistance, having nomeans with which to carry out his pro-jects alone. He was refused help byhis native people, laughed at, and ridi-culed. Then he went back to his wifes 618 THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR. country begging a hearing of John II.The king listenedto^him, and was in-wardly delighted * with^lhis ideas, but this, however, had no faith in the planand became frightened after he had beenout for a short time, and returned,
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aio «< oo < CO 55O CO oo made a show of indifference. He wasambitious and desired to receive all thehonor and glory himself, so he secretlysent out an expedition. The captain of scoffing at the idea of the wolrd beinground. The idea of people being underneath with their us, walking on their heads THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR. 619 heels in the air, the sailors argued.So Johns dishonorable plan was de-eated. Columbus was very angry whenhe heard of the kings deceit, andstraightway started for Spain. Here hewaited around for two years, when hewas at last sent for by the queen. Shewas very favorable from the first, andgave him encouragement; but the coun-cil of wise men whom the king calledtogether, were strongly opposed to theplan, and the dreamer was turned away. He immediately started for France.Stopping at a monastery, to beg a pieceof bread for his little boy whom he keptwith him, he told his story to the abbot,Juan Perez de Marchena, who becameintensely interested. This man had bee

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