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I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses.

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Christopher Columbus

Explorer, navigator, and colonizer

November 30th, 1450 - May 20th, 1506

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