When we think of Columbus we think of Vespucci. of Raleigh and Drake. of De Gama and Cortez. of Champlain and Frontenac. of Hudson and De Soto. of Magellan and scores of others. We think. too. of the veritable parade of heroes from other lands who march across the pages of our historyLafayette and Steuben. LEnfant and Shurz. Pulaski. Fermi. Sikorsky. Einstein and the hundreds of other great people to whom this country owes so much. Although Christopher Columbus did not find it possible to remain on these shores in the true sense of a migrant. even in spite of three bold visits. he Is responsible for initiatIng the steady flow of migrants from Europe. His charting the seaway to America permitted and stimulated the wave of explorers of many nationalities. English.
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