A World of Surprises

By; Hunter G.

Yellow

1/29/18

Date of Article: 1991

Headline: A World of Surprises

Author: Lorenzo Camusso

Source of the Article: PDF file

Three Vocabulary Words:

1. madrepores: a stony coral

2. anthozoan: a member of a large class of marine coelenterates

3.crystalline : having the structure and form of a crystal

This article is about when columbus and his crew arrived the tip of Cuba on December 5th. He had thought that arrived in the indies, because know one knew that either north or south america existed. The reason Columbus went on his journey was for the riches he would receive for succeeding. As a matter of fact he did end up getting some things on his journey;

• Palm trees, which were not seen in Spain.
• Sweet potatoes, which were an important part of the Caribbean diet, along with potatoes, but potatoes weren't discovered until the 16th century.
• Yucas, also known as manioc.
• Corn, which was called maize by the Indians.
• Tobacco, which was brought to Columbus by the Indians, who would role up the leaves and smoke it.
• Hammocks, that were amazing problem solvers to Columbus because they didn't touch the ground.