The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines

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ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.

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The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines Hezekiah Butterworth

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE! We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes. He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination. He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe. He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.

The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

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We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

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He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

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He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

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ABOUT preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!”

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

ABOUTprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

adventures

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading He must have heard the enthralling description of those golden days--he could not be a Columbus; but, if he could win the good will of Magellan, he might go after Columbus and see what no Europeans had seen.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

Antonia

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

Barcelona

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

BEAUTIFUL

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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

came

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

Chevalier

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

Columbus

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

days

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description

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enthralling

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Europeans

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

field

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

generation

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

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golden

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good

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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

HAPPY

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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

heard

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heart

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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

imagination

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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

ITALIAN

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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

Knight

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

known

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

little

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

Magellan

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

Pigafetta

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

remembered

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

return

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

Rhodes

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From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

Sante

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

scenes

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

SEE

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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

seen

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SEVILLE

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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

Spain

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

splendid

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

susceptible

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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

TOparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

wandering

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We should have known but little of the adventures of Magellan, but for Antonia Pigafetta, Chevalier, and Knight of Rhodes.

welcomed

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From this reading He came wandering to Barcelona, Spain, in the generation that remembered Columbus, and the splendid scenes that welcomed the return of Columbus on the field of Sante Fe.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

WHOpronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

win

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WISHED

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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

WORLD

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From this reading ABOUT THE HAPPY ITALIAN WHO WISHED TO SEE THE WORLD.--BEAUTIFUL SEVILLE!

young

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From this reading He was a young Italian of a susceptible heart and happy imagination.

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