The Columbiad: A Poem

Chapter 17

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The straits of Magellan, so called from having been discovered by a Portuguese navigator of that name, who first attempted to sail round the world, and lost his life in the attempt.

No. 8.

_Say, Palfrey, brave good man, was this thy doom? Dwells here the secret of thy midsea tomb?_