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THE STORY OF MAGELLAN AND THE
DISCOVERY OF THE PHILIPPINES
BY HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH.
Uniform edition. Each, 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
The Story of Magellan. A Tale of the Discovery
of the Philippines. Illustrated by F. T. Merrill and
Others.
The Treasure Ship. A Story of Sir William Phipps
and the Inter-Charter Period in Massachusetts. Illustrated
by B. West Clinedinst and Others.
The Pilot of the Mayflower. Illustrated by H.
Winthrop Peirce and Others.
True to his Home. A Tale of the Boyhood of
Franklin. Illustrated by H. Winthrop Peirce.
The Wampum Belt: or, The Fairest Page of
History. A Tale of William Penn's Treaty with
the Indians. With 6 full-page Illustrations.
The Knight of Liberty. A Tale of the Fortunes of
Lafayette. With 6 full-page Illustrations.
The Patriot Schoolmaster. A Tale of the Minutemen
and the Sons of Liberty. With 6 full-page
Illustrations by H. Winthrop Peirce.
In the Boyhood of Lincoln. A Story of the Black
Hawk War and the Tunker Schoolmaster. With 12
Illustrations and colored Frontispiece.
The Boys of Greenway Court. A Story of the
Early Years of Washington. With 10 full-page
Illustrations.
The Log School-House on the Columbia. With
13 full-page Illustrations by J. Carter Beard, E. J.
Austen, and Others.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
Magellan planting the Cross in the Philippine Islands.
(See page 123)
THE STORY OF MAGELLAN
AND
THE DISCOVERY OF THE PHILIPPINES
BY
HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH
AUTHOR OF
THE TREASURE SHIP, THE PILOT OF THE MAYFLOWER,
TRUE TO HIS HOME, THE WAMPUM BELT,
IN THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK T. MERRILL
AND OTHERS
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1899
Copyright, 1899,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
"Fired by thy fame,[A] and with his King in ire
To match thy deed, shall Magalhaes aspire.
"Along the regions of the burning zone,
To deepest South he dares the course unknown.
"A land of giants shall his eyes behold,
Of camel strength, surpassing human mould.
"Beneath the Southern star's gold gleam he braves
And stems the whirl of land-