Excerpt from Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties, Illinois The career of Christopher Columbus, who gave to mankind a new world, is interesting read ing even at the present day; what he accomplished by his persistence, under adverse circumstances, and how he finally saw the fruition of his hopes and his theories and deductions verified should be an incentive and inspiration to any boy or young man to never give up. We can here give only the slightest sketch of Columbus' life, but we think a short history may not be out of place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.