The life of Christopher Columbus, from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time . VOYAGE. The Instructions Given for the Voyage — He is to go tothe Mainland of the Indies — A Short Passage — OvandoForbids the Entrance of Columbus into Harbor — Boba-dillas Squadron and Its Fate — Columbus Sails West-ward— Discovers Honduras, and Coasts Along Its Shores — The Search for Gold — Colony Attempted and Aban-doned — The Vessels Become Unseaworthy — Refuge atJamaica — Mutiny Led by the Brothers Porras—Mes-sages to San Domingo — The Eclipse — Arrival of Relief — Columbus Returns to S
The life of Christopher Columbus, from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time . VOYAGE. The Instructions Given for the Voyage — He is to go tothe Mainland of the Indies — A Short Passage — OvandoForbids the Entrance of Columbus into Harbor — Boba-dillas Squadron and Its Fate — Columbus Sails West-ward— Discovers Honduras, and Coasts Along Its Shores — The Search for Gold — Colony Attempted and Aban-doned — The Vessels Become Unseaworthy — Refuge atJamaica — Mutiny Led by the Brothers Porras—Mes-sages to San Domingo — The Eclipse — Arrival of Relief — Columbus Returns to San Domingo, and to 240-272 CHAPTER XIII. Two Sad Years — Isabellas Death — Columbus at Seville —His Illness—Letters to the King—Journeys to Segovia — Salamanca and Valladolid — His Suit There — Philipand Juana — Columbus Executes His Will — Dies — HisBurial and the Removal of His Body — His Portraits — His Character 273-291 Appendix A 293~3°3 Appendix B 304-309 Appendix C 309-312 P,ffily!!:,,||i5ft^^^:^r:i,i;!i1! mM ? iiii J—. C&U*f> <k<^V2*Jk THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. CHAPTER LIFE OF COLUMBUS. HIS BIRTH AND BIRTH-PLACE HIS EARLY EDUCATION HIS EXPERIENCE AT SEA HIS MARRIAGE AND RESIDENCE IN LISBON HIS PLANS FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A WEST-WARD PASSAGE TO THE INDIES. Christopher Columbus was born in the Republicof Genoa. The honor of his birth-place has beenclaimed by many villages in that Republic, andthe house in which he was born cannot be nowpointed out with certainty. But the best author-ities agree that the children and the grown peopleof the world have never been mistaken when theyhave said: America was discovered in 1492by Christopher Columbus, a native of Genoa. His name, and that of his family, is always 13 14 THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. written Colombo, in the Italian papers which referto them, for more than one hundred years beforehis time. In Spain it was always written C
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