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Page 122 text:
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,qnwwa 4 DURING CDR ONE-WEEK VISIT TO GENOA . . . . . FEBRUARY 4-11, WE FOUND THE ITALIANS A VERY FRIENDLY AND HIGHLY SPIRITED RACE, PROUD OF THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR PEOPLE, AND THEIR HISTORY. HISTORIANS DO NOT KNUN JUST WHEN GENOA WAS FOUNDED . . . . . . A LONG TIME BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. TRADITION HAS IT THAT THE LIGURIANS, AN ANCIENT TRIBE OF SHEPHERDS AND FARMERS CIJCUPYING THE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHWESTERN ITALY, GAVE UP THE PASTORAL LIFE TO COME DONN TO THE SEA AND SETTLE ON THE GULF OF GENOA. THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE GREEKS, PHOENICIANS, ETRUSCANS, AND CAR- THAGINIANS, THEY BECAME WISE TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD AND THEIR COMMERCIAL AND NAVAL PONER INCREASED. .. 3.3! V ,, , ,,,,,.,,. f . gb in
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GE NGA , I TALY ENTERING THE PORT OF GENOA, MOUNT MCKINLEY PROCEEDED THROUGH THE LONG NARROW AND ACTIVE HARBOR CHANNEL TO HER BERTH .... CALATA AGLI ZINGARI. GENOA, THE PRINCIPAL PORT OF ITALY, HAS THE GREATEST VOLUME OF SEA GOING TRAFFIC IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. VARIOUS VESSELS RANGING FROM PRIVATE YACHTS AND FERRY BOATS TO OCEAN LINERS WERE SEEN TO PORT AND STARBOARD. ALSO PRESENT WERE GENOA'S FISHING FLEET, ITALIAN MERCHANTS AND VARIOUS UNITS OF THE ITALIAN NAVY. WITH TUGS MADE FAST ON HER STARBOARD BOW AND PORT QUARTER . . . MOUNT MCKINLEY MANEUVERED TO 'MED MOOR' ALONGSIDE AN ITALIAN DESTROYER AND LINER 'VICTORIA' OUT OF ISTANBUL.
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C 1'! Z-'T THE HOM OF COLUMEUS . . . . HE WAS BORN IN GENOA. GENOA WAS BOTH A M DIEVAL AND A MODERN CITY, CROWDED AN BUSTLING. THE OLD PART OF THE CITY WAS FULL OF NARROW, WINDING STREETS WITH STAIRS AND BRIDGES, AND HEMM D IN BY OLD BUILDINGS DATING FROM THE MIDDLE AGES. GREAT RENAIS- SANCE PALACES LOOM OVER CROOKED ALLEYS AND INNER COURTYARDS WITH THEIR CARVED DOORWAYS AN IRON GATES. PORTA SOPRANA, THE GATE TO THE CITY
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