Excerpt from The American Gazetteer, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing a Distinct Account of All the Parts of the New World; Their Situation, Climate, Soil, Produce, Former and Present Condition; Commodities, Manufactures, and Commerce; Together With an Accurate Account of the Cities, Towns, Ports, Bays, Rivers, L But however flrongly the notion of there being lands to the wefiward might prevail, none undertook to verify the truth of ir, till Chriflopher Coiumbus appeared, who began, and effected his difcoveries, in a {hort inter val 0 time. This famous nawgator was a native of Genoa, but his family was unknown, even to his fon Don Fernando. He was from his youth acidified to the fiudy of navigation, and was foon confidered as one of the greatefi feamen of the age, having vifited mof't parts of the known world, and made the mofi ufefui obferv'ations on the winds, currents, &c. Where ever he caine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.