The Little Book of Our Country (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Tappan, Eva March) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Little Book of Our Country Four hundred and fifty years ago no one suspected that there was such a land as America. Europeans knew a little of Africa and of Asia, but nothing of the rest of the world. They were particularly eager to know more of Asia, because from the East, that is, from Japan, China, and India, came many of their luxuries, such as silks, pearls, jewelry, perfumes, and spices. These were brought to Europe by long and wearisome overland journeys, and if there was only some way of reaching the East by water, this trade would be much easier to carry on. How to find such a way was a puzzle. Most people thought the earth was flat, and that if a ship went too near the edge, it would slip over into no one knew what. A few learned men believed that the earth was round and that by sailing west from Europe, one would come to the East, but no one was bold enough to push out into the waters of the unknown Atlantic. This was full of whirlpools and all sorts of sea monsters, people thought, and was the home of evil spirits. 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.
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