He raised the joyful shout Land, ho! The ships ran in as near to the shore as they dared, and just ten weeks after the anchors had been hauled up in Palos Harbor they were dropped overboard, and the hips of Columbus were anchored in the waters of a new world.
Where was it?
What was it?
Was it Cathay?
Columbus was sure that it was.
He was certain that the morning sun would shine for him upon the marble towers and golden roofs of the wonderful city of the kings of Cathay..