Synopsis
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Canada first discovered themselves to the eyes of white men, it is impossible to tell with certainty. For all we know, European sailing vessels may have blundered on America before the birth of Christ. There has always been a good deal of blowing and drifting on the high seas of which the world has known nothing. In our own time, Japanese junks have been blown ashore on the coasts of Oregon and California ;ships sailing down the west coast of Africa have found themselves off the shores of Brazil ;and it would not be surprising if, over two thousand years ago, Phoenician vessels from Tyre and Sidon or Carthage had been driven across the Atlantic from the Pillars of Hercules to A merica. I ndeed, the great Greek philosopher Plato, who lived four hundred years before Christ, actually tells us of mariners who, before his time, had visited an island far out in the Western Sea to which they gave the name Atlantis ;and there are those who have conjectured that this mythical island, to which the Atlantic Ocean owes its name, was none other than the continent of A merica.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
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