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THE STORY OF MANKIND
of the captains who had served under Prince Henry the Navigator.
THE GREAT DISCOVERIES, EASTERN HEMISPHERE
From that moment on (the year 1478) he devoted himself to the quest of the western route to the Indies. He sent his plans for such a voyage to the courts of Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese, who felt certain that they possessed a monop-
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