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[[underlined]] Tuesday February 18th 1936 [[/underlined]]
Consulted the Encyclopaedia Britanica 11th Edition for the following which has interested me.
[[underlined]] Copts [[/underlined]] - the ^ [[insertion]] early [[/insertion]] native Christians of Egypt & their successors of the Monophysite sect, now racially the purest representatives of the ancient Egyptians. Relig - Christ was one person with one nature which was made up by the indissoluble union of a divine and a human nature ..... His Divinity not separated from His Manhood. In all other points of dogma they agree with the Greek Church.
[[underlined]] Protestant Episcopal Church [[/underlined]] belongs to the Anglican communion of churches.
[[underlined]] Amerigo Vespucci [[/underlined]] (1451 - 1512) merchant & adventurer who gave his name of Amerigo to the new world as America. A letter of 30th of December 1492 shows that he was then in Seville. Until 1496 never been away from Europe. Claims to have sailed from Cadiz on 10th May 1497 on a "free-lance" expedition ..... reached a supposed continental coast in 16°N., 70'W from Grand Canary. They sailed along this coast for 80 leagues & then 870 l more always n.w. which from this description should be in British Columbia. If his own account

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had been trustworthy he would have reached the mainland 8 days before John Cabot ... but Vespucci's own statement of his exploring achievements hardly carries conviction. Since Alexander von Humboldt discussed the subject the general weight of opinion has been that Vespucci did not make the 1497 voyage and that he had no share in the 1st discovery of the American continent."
Spent the afternoon reading and sleeping. Evening much the same way.

[[underlined]] Wednesday, February 19, 1936 [[/underlined]]
"He who looks back sees his mistakes piled up behind him" - Charlie Chan.
Last night I had great difficulties with a cough - and nothing to take for it - so this morning I purchased some Vicks Cough drops.
I went to the library and read the mags. for a while. I gleaned the following interesting facts ...... Georg Jensen the silver craftsman died in October ^[[insertion]] 1935 [[/insertion]] ..... The Frick collection of art objects is now on display to the public at the Frick home on 5th Ave N.Y. The supposition is that it will be a public art museum... a picture - Caesar's wife - a matter of colour (a picture of two bull terriers & 6 puppies) by C Ambler may be purchased from the