# The Romance of Rubber

Author: United States Rubber Company; Martin, John, 1865-1947 [Editor]

Genre: Manufacturing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4759

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Romance+of+Rubber+United+States+Rubber+Company%3B+Martin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

If you were asked, "What did Columbus discover in 1492?" you would have but one answer. But what he discovered on his second voyage is not quite so easy to say. He was looking for gold when he landed on the island of Hayti on that second trip. So his eyes were blind to the importance of a simple game which he saw being played with a ball that bounced by some half-naked Indian boys on the sand between the palm trees and the sea. Instead of the coveted gold, he took back to Europe, just as curiosities, some of the strange black balls given him by these Indian boys. He learned that the balls were made from the hardened juice of a tree.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-romance-of-rubber-4759/chapters/7/index.md)