. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... y of the dis-covery and settlement of America by theNorthmen. Having found one of the greatcontinents of the world, it may be said theylost it, and, during nearly five centuriesafterward there is no positive proof that itwas known to Europeans. CHAPTER II The Voyages of Columbus Maritime Enterprise in the Fifteenth Century—Theories Respecting the Earths Surface—ChristopherColumbus—His Early Life—His Theory of a Western Passage to India—His Struggles to Obtai
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... y of the dis-covery and settlement of America by theNorthmen. Having found one of the greatcontinents of the world, it may be said theylost it, and, during nearly five centuriesafterward there is no positive proof that itwas known to Europeans. CHAPTER II The Voyages of Columbus Maritime Enterprise in the Fifteenth Century—Theories Respecting the Earths Surface—ChristopherColumbus—His Early Life—His Theory of a Western Passage to India—His Struggles to Obtain theMeans of Making a Voyage—Is Aided by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain—His First Voyage—Dis-covery of America—Reception in Spain—His Second Voyage—Settlement of Hayti—Third Voyage ofColumbus—He Reaches the Mainland—Discovery of Gold in Hayti—Troubles in the Colony—ColumbusSent to Spain in Irons—Indignation of the Queen—Last Voyage of Columbus—His Shipwreck—Returnsto Spain—Refusal of Ferdinand to Comply with his Promises—Death of Columbus—Amerigo Vespucci—Origin of the Name ^ HE fifteenth century witnesseda remarkable awakening ofhuman thought and enter-prise, one of the most im-portant features of which wasthe activity in maritime under-takings which led to thediscovery of lands until then unknown tothe civilized world. The invention, and theapplication to navigation, of the marinerscompass, had enabled the seamen of Europeto undertake long and distant voyages. ThePortuguese took the lead in the maritimeenterprises of this period, the chief object ofwhich was to find a route by water fromEurope to the Indies. The equator hadbeen passed; Bartholomew Diaz had evendoubled the Cape of Storms, and hadestablished the course of the eastern coastof Africa; and it was hoped by some ofthe most daring thinkers that the ports ofIndia could, be reached by sailing aroundthis cape. Others, still bolde;*, believed that althoughthe ea
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