An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . een, and especially by a distinguished American, well narrated. The merit of discovering the Continent of the New World wasattempted to be denied to Columbus; and so far with success, thatan able, unprincipled adventurer, with whom Fonseca, an unfor-giving bishop, conspired, obtained by forgery and mis-statementsthe credit, for some time, of being the original discoverer, and had,
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . een, and especially by a distinguished American, well narrated. The merit of discovering the Continent of the New World wasattempted to be denied to Columbus; and so far with success, thatan able, unprincipled adventurer, with whom Fonseca, an unfor-giving bishop, conspired, obtained by forgery and mis-statementsthe credit, for some time, of being the original discoverer, and had,in consequence, his name given to all the vast regions of the West. Columbus reached the Continent of America, in August, 1498 ;whereas Alonzo Ojeda (one of the former companions of Columbus)&nd Amerigo Vespucci did not sail on their first voyage from Cadiz,until the 20th of May, 1499. Amerigo made skilful use of the ad-mirals maps and charts, which the Bishop of Burgos put, fromhatred to Columbus, into his hands; and to whom the bishop gaverIso clandestine licenses, in contravention of the authority held byColumbus from Ferdinand and Isrbella. B A. L B O A. CHAPTER III. SPANISH DISCOVERIES AND |HE passion for discovering unkn ,wucountries, inspired by the success ofthe projects which the great mind ifColumbus conceived and planned, andwhich his persevering character ac-complished, became soon the mania ofthe age. The principal man among the ad-venturers of that period was not Ame-rigo Vespucci, but Vincent Torres dePinzon, who commanded one of the ships during the first voyage ofColumbur. He was an able seaman, of liberal education, greatcourage, and of such ample fortune as to enable him to fit out four 23 SPANISH DISCOVERIES AND CONQUESTS. itout ships at his own expense, with which he sailed, in January,1500, on a voyage of discovery. He was the first Spanish subjectwho crossed the equinoctial hne, and discovered the country ofSanta Cruz, or the Holy Cross, and t
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