... 1460. His greatwork was training seamen. Many men afterward famous as discoverers and navigators, as Dias (dee'ahss), DaGama (dah gah'ma), Cabral (ca-brahl'), Magellan, and Columbus, ... which to make the voyage, and on Friday, the 3d of August, 1492, the Santa Maria (sahn'tah mah-ree'ah), the Pinta(peen'tah), and the _Ni a_ (neen'yah) set sail from Palos (pah'los), ... width of the Pacific. It showed that America was probably not a part of Asia, and changed the geographical ideas of the time. [12] THE COAST OF FLORIDA EXPLORED What meantime had happened along the...