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If you look upon a map of the world you will see that America lies by itself. and is entirely seperated from the other continents It is so far distant from them that in all voyages which people made in ancient times they never came within sight of it. and consequently did not know that there was such a country, Columbus became convinced by his own reflections that the ocean which bathed the western shores of Europe must be bounded on its western limit by another continent. and he felt confident that if he should sail directly to the west he would find it

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Indian translation Al abian ne ba kta ki na a ta la oiq ha. siq kna mi tone ba America te he bi nkique thi ali oli tha theb' tek och kta kill kial blo thi - misi not taks soino ak na wade ali ki see to tisa nta tama oa oal tam mo na i oe kee i eik sa a so ali nki laq all laq ne Columbus nek ma i be oe oit ha taq sa ntm ka ali e eo kee a ik eli nki laq nek mat te ottid as son kan aq ochi mska mon och as sqe so bekq eli ma tha tho ak eli nki laq all aqui sno thaq Europe al oe to tam a ktat kee a on tama eli phi laq all qui quein na ta otti tha sin al ak si an e ba qna quite eli nki laq nmska mon ba kel

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Wrote and translated by Lewis Sockabeson