The Story of Geographical Discovery
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He first approached, as was natural, the King of Portugal, in whoseland he was living, and whose traditional policy was directed tomaritime exploration. But the Portuguese had for half a century beenpursuing another method of reaching India, and were not inclinedto take up the novel idea of a stranger, which would traverse theirlong-continued policy of coasting down Africa. A hearing, however, was given to him, but the report was unfavourable, and Columbus hadto turn his eyes elsewhere. There i...s a tradition that the Portuguesemonarch and his advisers thought rather more of Columbus's ideasat first; and attempted secretly to put them into execution; butthe pilot to whom they entrusted the proposed voyage lost heartas soon as he lost sight of land, and returned with an adverseverdict on the scheme. It is not known whether Columbus heard ofthis mean attempt to forestall him, but we find him in 1487 beingassisted by the Spanish Court, and from that time for the nextfive years he was occupied in attempting to induce the Catholicmonarchs of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, to allow him to try hisnovel plan of reaching the Indies.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He first approached, as was natural, the King of Portugal, in whoseland he was living, and whose traditional policy was directed tomaritime exploration. But the Portuguese had for half a century beenpursuing another method of reaching India, and were not inclinedto take up the novel idea of a stranger, which would traverse theirlong-continued policy of coasting down Africa. A hearing, however, was given to him, but the report was unfavourable, and Columbus hadto turn his eyes elsewhere. There i...s a tradition that the Portuguesemonarch and his advisers thought rather more of Columbus's ideasat first; and attempted secretly to put them into execution; butthe pilot to whom they entrusted the proposed voyage lost heartas soon as he lost sight of land, and returned with an adverseverdict on the scheme. It is not known whether Columbus heard ofthis mean attempt to forestall him, but we find him in 1487 beingassisted by the Spanish Court, and from that time for the nextfive years he was occupied in attempting to induce the Catholicmonarchs of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella, to allow him to try hisnovel plan of reaching the Indies.
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