A Civil And Political History Of New Jersey Embracing A Compendious History Of The State From Its Early Discover And Settlement By Europeans Brought Down To The Present Time Classic Reprint

Author : John O. Raum
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ISBN 13 : 9781331189114
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The History of New Jersey, Vol. 1 of 2 written by John O. Raum and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of New Jersey, Vol. 1 of 2: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Including a Brief Historical Account of the First Discoveries and Settlement of the Country History has universally conceded that Christopher Columbus was the first successful navigator to the Western Continent, and in furtherance of his discoveries the first colonies were founded, yet it does not concede to him the honor of being the first discoverer, as we have information that I think can be relied on, that Eric of Iceland, made discoveries on this continent as early as the year 986, being five hundred and six years before Columbus landed here; and tradition informs us that the Chinese penetrated within the bounds of the continent in the year 498, nearly one thousand years before the discovery by Columbus. Although we have no authentic information to sustain the latter, yet we are not prepared fully to reject it, as the Asiatics were, previous to the introduction of the religion of Confucius among the Chinese, a nomadic people, and wandered from place to place, but since the introduction of his religious tenets, they ceased their wanderings, and remained at home, in order that their bones might be entombed with those of their ancestors; and even to this day, those who come to this and other countries, do so with the stipulation, that their bones are to be sent back to their own country. In support of the discovery by Icelanders, we have the evidence of the researches of the society of Antiquarians of Copenhagen, established in 1837. 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.