The story of Columbus . to havemade Columbus very angry, for he felt that he had beencheated. 30 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE Y. COLUMBUS IN SPAIN. 1485-U87. iranc< ) J tall Columbus must have been very much disappointedwhen he was finally refused by King John, for Portugalwas really the only country which was interested in dis-covery. But he was a persistent man, and he did notfor a moment give up his plan. His brother Bartholo-mew had come to Portugal to try his fortunes withChristopher. Columbus now sent Bartholomew to pro-pose the plan to the King of England and the King of France, wh
The story of Columbus . to havemade Columbus very angry, for he felt that he had beencheated. 30 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE Y. COLUMBUS IN SPAIN. 1485-U87. iranc< ) J tall Columbus must have been very much disappointedwhen he was finally refused by King John, for Portugalwas really the only country which was interested in dis-covery. But he was a persistent man, and he did notfor a moment give up his plan. His brother Bartholo-mew had come to Portugal to try his fortunes withChristopher. Columbus now sent Bartholomew to pro-pose the plan to the King of England and the King of France, while hey [ himself set out forSpain. Knowingthat Spain was jeal-ous of the discov-eries of the Portu-guese, he hoped thatthe king and queenof this countrywould be pleasedwith the idea of outdoing her neighbor in the race forIndia. When Columbus left Portugal to seek his for-tunes in Spain, somewhere about the year 1485, he lefthis wife and several little children behind him. At the time when Columbus went to Spain it was. MAP OF PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AND GENOA. COLUMBUS IN SPAIN. 31
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