Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . Mohammed II.—From a Drawing by Gentile Bellini. 76 CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. THE territory of Genoa had the honor of giving birth to this greatest of discov-erers ; and the traveller in Italy is still gratified by beholding at the little villageof Cocoletto the humble mansion, where, in a narrow room in the rear, lo
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . Mohammed II.—From a Drawing by Gentile Bellini. 76 CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. THE territory of Genoa had the honor of giving birth to this greatest of discov-erers ; and the traveller in Italy is still gratified by beholding at the little villageof Cocoletto the humble mansion, where, in a narrow room in the rear, lookingout upon the deep-blue Mediterranean, and over which the troubled sea oftenthrows its spray, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, called by the Spaniards COLONwas born about 1435. He seems to have had an early attachment to sea affairs : :he studied navigation with the utmost industry, and supported himself by ma-king charts for the sea-service. He had the universal character of a sober,temperate, and devout man; he was a good mathematician, and had, in otherrespects, a tolerable share of learning. The fame of the Portuguese in naval affairs having drawn him to Lisbon, hethere settled, carried on a trade to the coast of Guinea, and at length marrieda woman of considerable fortune. The reasons which probably determined Columbus to attempt
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