Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-02-10
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DISCOVERY OF AMERIcA.-"Amer
was discovered by Christopher Column
bus in 1852" So said the "copv books"
upon whose pages our youthful fingers
left veracious, but not always l-gibl.
records. So says all popular history,
ard so we would rather believe,
since, so far as modern civilization is
concerned, To the Genoese are owing all
the benefits which have flowed from his
wonderful .1I lott. The vast multitude,
knownhy the generic name of "the ordi-
nary readers" knows Of no discoterer but
Columbus, yet from an article entitled
''Claims to the Discovery of America"
In the GALAXY recently, it is seen that
the researches of antiquarians have
shown that TO various nations from the
Egyptians downward, has been attri-
butcd the glory of sailing across the
Atlantic Ocean to the continent upon
the Wcsierrasbore. The claims OF the
Egyptians to this discovery arise from
the wonderful resemblance which the
pyramids, obelisks and sculptured re-
mains Of Mexico, Yucatan aud Central
America bear to those of Egypt. Then
il il said that the Tyrians discovered
and colonized Mexico, in the year $50
&c. BY the advocates Of this theory,
the human sacrifices of the Aztecs are
traced to Tvrian origin.
The antiquary, Lord Kingsboruugh.
believed that the Jews colonized Mexi-
co. He advocated this theory in the
magnificent work in nine volumes, i'm
perlal folio. which be ublished in 1881
AZ. and which cost him thirty-two thou
sand pounds sterling in his life. AL
though many customs Of the Me1icans
bear striking resemblance to those of
the Jews, there is not sufficient foun-
dation in the resemblance upon which
10 build t.nable theory of their Jew
ish origin.
IL. Chinese claimed tbst America
was discovered hy n Buddhist nissioua.
nv, named Hoel Shin, 4. ID. 400. H..
published an account of his Journey and
tn. people he saw, some parts of which
sound like the description of the in
haLitants If Southern Mexico. The
discovery of America by the Mortimer.
of which some accounts Is given in sew
eral school histories, is believed to have
taken place in the year 1000 Of our era.
The story Of their explorations is de-
rived from the Morse sagas or legends,
the manner If whose construction rem
der Interpolation impossible and re-
moves all doubt Of the auth<pticitv of
their accounts. Cruel and full Of cour-
age and daring. the Norsemen did not
possess The energy, Perseverance AMI
fore,boueht to occupy permanently and
cultivate the land that they had dis
covered. The inscriptions upon the
Leis hton Ro.k aud tie old mill ut New
port, once believed to he of Morse OIL
gin, are now believed to belong to even
mere remote era.
Even granted that other eastern men
and even l.clle saw America before
l492, this but adds to the glory of CO.
lumtus, who had the dauntless courage,
wise fo,.,as, aud lofty relip ious zeal not
only 10 discover. but to follow up his
discovery hy occupation, and thus to
make it the most wonderful event and
greatest blessing of modern times.