The Beginner's American History
Auteur : D. H. Montgomery
Date de publication : 2016-07-11
Éditeur : VM eBooks
Nombre de pages : 219
Résumé du livre
3. Columbus has a sea-fight; he goes to Lisbon.—According to some accounts, Columbus once had a desperate battle with a vessel off the coast of Portugal. The fight lasted, it is said, all day. At length both vessels were found to be on fire. Columbus jumped from his blazing ship into the sea, and catching hold of a floating oar, managed, with its help, to swim to the shore, about six miles away.