So he sent two messengers with a letter to that powerful monarch.
Returning to Spain, Columbus was welcomed as a great admiral.

He made three other voyages to America.

But he never came within sight of the mainland of the United States.
[Sidenote: John Cabot visits North America, 1497.

_Higginson, 40-42; Eggleston, 8-10; American History Leaflets_, No.

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