Identifier: comichistoryofun01hopk (find matches)
Title: A comic history of the United States
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Hopkins, Livingston, 1846-1927
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Publisher: New York American book exchange
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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tion in the rigging of a Spanish ship, andgazing intently out over a vast expanseof salt water upon what at first sight ap-peared to be an apple dumpling of colossalproportions, but which, upon more carefulinspection subsequently turned out to be a NEW WORLD. 14 VENL VIDir We will not keep the reader longer insuspense; that sea-faring man was Chris-topher Columbus, and the object which at-tracted his attention was America ! This adventurous person had sailed fromthe port of Palos, in Spain, on the 3d ofAugust with the avowed purpose of * see-ing the world; and who, thinking hemight as well see a new world while hewas about it, sailed in the direction ofAmerica. For further particulars the reader is re-ferred to the accompanying sketch, which,with startling fidelity, portrays the sceneat the thrilling moment when a new conti-nent bursts upon the bold navigators vis-ion. Pray cast your eye aloft and beholdthe great Christopher discovering Americaas hard as ever he can. The flashing eye,
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16 AN EXCITED NATIVE. the dilating nostril, the heaving bosom, thetrembling limbs, the thrilling nerves, theheroic pose, all vigorously set forth in astyle which speaks volumes—^nay, wholelibraries for our artists graphic power andknowledge of anatomy. We will nexttrouble the reader to let the eye wanderofE to the dim distance, where the newworld looms majestically up, and standsout boldly against the setting sun, previously alluded to, which illuminates the scenewith* golden splendor, and bathes the newborn continent in a flood of dazzling light.If the patient reader will be good enoughto examine this picture with a powerfulmicroscope, he will discover, standing uponthe utmost prominence of the new world,and in imminent danger of falling off, acitizen of the country who welcomes the AN ENVIABLE SITUATION, 17 stranger with uplifted tomahawk and awild war-whoop. Lifting our eyes skyward we see theAmerican eagle soaring forth to meet thegreat discoverer, with outstretched pinions,and

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