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orth America, showing English, French, and Spanish Possessionsin America, 1750. : F ; facing 108North America according to Treaty of 1783 F : ; ah 168United States in 1805. : : : : = hundred Line or Demarcarion (1494) seventy leagues west of the CapeVerde Islands. 13. Later Voyages of Columbus. — The King and Queenwere so well pleased with the reports of the first voyage thatthey readily helped Columbus in preparing for a new ex-pedition. Colonies were to be planted in the new landsand missionaries were to go out to convert the natives toChristianity. Columbus sailed on his second voyage inSeptember, 1493. The men he had left in Haiti had perished,and a new place on the island was chosen for the secondventure. The cultivation of the soil and a search for gold
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