Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 156
ge, verdant, andcovered with beautiful groves. There were crystalsprings and limpid streams in abundance, which keptthe island in perpetual verdure, but none that couldrestore to an old man the vernal greenness of his youth. Thus ended the romantic expedition of Juan Poncede Leon. Like many other… … A VOYAGE ALONG THE ATLANTICCOAST By captain JOHN VERRAZANO.(Tbanslated by Joseph G. Cogswell.) N the 17tli of last January we setsail from a desolate rock near theisland of Madeira, belonging to hismost serene Majesty the King of Por-tugal, with fifty men; having provis-ions sufficient for eight…
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