Columbus Sets Sail into Unknown Atlantic Regions
Early on September 6 Columbus departed from the Canaries with eight ships. After days of calm a dawn sighted Ferro, then a perilous voyage into uncharted seas. He charmed anxious crews with visions of wealth while masking true progress, and on September 11 they found a wrecked mast as they pressed toward the mysterious west. On September 18 the compass showed a new variation, prompting Columbus to explain it as a shift in the north star rather than a faulty compass, calming his pilots with astronomy.
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Mrs Graham's Face Bleach Adverts Beauty Cream
An advertisement promotes Elder Flower Cream as a skin treatment not a cosmetic, claiming it softens and whitens skin, protects from sun and wind, prevents freckles and wrinkles, and improves complexion. It notes pricing 81 with purchase at Mrs Gervaise Graham’s 103 Post Street San Francisco and offers mail treatment for distant ladies and free sample via ten cent stamps.
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Gervaise Graham
Post Street
San Francisco
Electric Bitters Promised To Improve Health And Looks
The ad claims good looks stem from healthy vital organs and promotes Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. It asserts the remedy cleanses the liver stomach and kidneys, cures pimples blotches boils and improves complexion. Sold at Olendenin's drug store for 50 cents per bottle.
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Olendenin
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Adverts Local Sale Notice
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts sores and skin ailments. Sold for 25 cents per box by Wm Clendenin in the local area.
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Bucklen
Wm. Clendenin
Advice to Mothers Mia Winslow's Soothing Syrup
A testimonial promotes Mia Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal teething remedy for mothers. The note claims quick relief from pain and sleep disturbance, ease of gums, and general soothing effects for babies. A separate line praises Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and nosebleeds with a personal endorsement from D. G. Davidson of the Boston Budget.
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Winslow
Ely
Boston
D. G. Davidson
Boston Budget
Boston Journal
Columbus First Voyage Chronicles From Irving
The extract discusses Washington Irving's Life and Voyages of Columbus, detailing Columbus's preparations in Portugal and Spain, the fleet setup with the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina, and the launch on August 3, 1492 from Saltes. It notes crew doubts, repairs at the Canary Islands, and fears of Portuguese interference as the voyage began.
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Washington Irving
Columbus
Genga
Portugal
Columbia
Irving
Ferdinand and Isabella of
Spain
Martin Alonzo Pinzon
Vicente Yanez Pinzon
Christopher Columbus
Santa Maria
Pinza
Francisco Martin
Nina
Paris
Departure of Columbus on his first voyage
Columbus began a formal journal for the Spanish sovereigns as he prepared to sail west in 1492. He opened with a prologue describing motives, divine purpose, royal support, and the plan to reach India by westward voyage from Granada to Palos aboard three well-equipped ships.
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Ceesar
Spains
Europe
Grenada
Alhambra
India
Grand Khan
Rome
Mohammed
Christopher Columbus
Anera
Granada
Palos
Voyage of the Voyagers Amid Unusual Sky Fire and Winds
The narrative describes September sightings during Columbus's voyage including a fiery flame from the sky, tropical birds, and drifting weed patches. favorable trade winds push the trio toward potential land, with calm seas, temperate air, and high spirits aboard the Nina Pinta Santa Maria as they approach new possibilities of India.
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