AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS. DANIEL BOONE THE PIONEER OF KENTUCKY. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. DODD & MEAD, No. 762 BROADWAY. 1872. Excerpts Only Spain sponsored many of the early excursions into America. 1492 – Columbus en route to America “The little fleet of three small vessels, with which Columbus left Palos in Spain, in search of…