第50节 (第2/2页)

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    astoftheatlanticgoestothepuese.spainandpal

    hatpatriotiergyheirageold

    struggleagainsttheorishinvadershaddeveloped.such

    energy,oexists,easilybefortonehannels.

    ihirteeury,kingalphonsoiiihadnquered

    thekingdofalgarveiheerofthe

    spanishpeninsulaandhadaddedittohisdonions.inthe

    tury,thepuesehadtuedthetablesonthe

    haedans,hadcrossedthestraitsofgibraltarandhad

    takenpossessioa,oppositethearabiityoftarifa

    aeans``ioryandhbyway

    ofthespanishlanguagehasedoousas``tariff,and

    tangiers,ethecapitalofanafriadditionto

    algarve.

    theyobegintheircareerasexplorers.

    intheyear1415,prinry,knohe

    navigator,thesonofjohnialandphilippa,the

    daughterofjohnofgauntaboutyoureadin

    richardii,aplaybyshakespearebegantoke

    preparationsforthesysteticexplorationofnorthe

    africa.beforethis,thathotandsandyasthadbeenvisited

    bythephoenien,eeredit

    asthehoofthehairy``ao

    knohegorilla.oeranother,prinry

    andhiscaptainsdisveredthearyislandsredisvered

    theislandofdeiraurybeforehadbeenvisited

    byagenoeseship,hartedtheazoreshhad

    beenvaguelyknooboththepueseandthespaniards,

    andouthofthesenegalriveron

    theastofafrica,heysupposedtobethee

    uthofthelast,bytheddleofthefifteenth

    tury,theysahegreencape,andthe

    capeverdeislands,osthalfhe

    astofafridbrazil.

    buthenrydidricthielfinhisiigationsto

    theasteroftheorder

    ofchrist.thisuguesentinuationofthecrusading

    orderofthetelarshhadbeenabolishedby

    popetvintheyear1312attherequestofking

    philipthefairoffrance,provedtheoasionby

    buinghisoplarsatthestakeandstealingalltheir

    possessions.prinains

    ofhisreligiousordertoequipseveralexpeditionshexplored

    thehinterlandofthesaharaandoftheastofguinea.

    butheuiddleagesand

    spentagreatdealoftiandoneyupona

    searysterious``presserjohhihristian

    priestperorofavasteire

    ``situatedsoheeast.thestoryofthisstrange

    potentatehadfirstbeentoldineuropeintheddleofthe

    thtury.forthreehundredyearspeoplehadtried

    tofind``presserjohnandhisdesdaookpart

    inthesearch.thirtyyearsafterhisdeath,theriddlewas

    solved.

    intheyear1486bartht

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