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THE STORY
OF
OUR COUNTRY

EVERY CHILD CAN READ

EDITED BY

REV. JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT, D.D.

ILLUSTRATED



THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PHILADELPHIA


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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A Talk with the Young Reader
9

CHAPTER I
Columbus, the Great Sailor
Bold Sailors of the Northern Countries—The Northmen—Columbus the Little Boy—Columbus and the Egg—He Crosses the Atlantic, Braves the Sea and Discovers New Land
15

CHAPTER II
Three Great Discoverers
John and Sebastian Cabot—Balboa Discovers the Pacific—The Fountain of Youth and Ponce de Leon—The Naming of America
27

CHAPTER III
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