. Robert Ramble's [pseud.] stories selected from the history of England, from the conquest to the revolution . of the deep was lost on somehitherto unknown shore; or, at all events, arriveat the place from whence the ship sailed. Doyou understand this? Accordingly, Columbus applied to severalkings, as Harry the Seventh, of England, andthe King of Portugal, to give him two or threeships, to sail westward, as it were, after thesetting sun, and to explore the pathless they listened not to the voice of genius,and their minds were too dull for the spirit ofenterprise to receive the foster
. Robert Ramble's [pseud.] stories selected from the history of England, from the conquest to the revolution . of the deep was lost on somehitherto unknown shore; or, at all events, arriveat the place from whence the ship sailed. Doyou understand this? Accordingly, Columbus applied to severalkings, as Harry the Seventh, of England, andthe King of Portugal, to give him two or threeships, to sail westward, as it were, after thesetting sun, and to explore the pathless they listened not to the voice of genius,and their minds were too dull for the spirit ofenterprise to receive the fostering encourage-ment of princely munificence. Columbus, there-fore, applied to Ferdinand and Isabella, to fithim out a fleet, to sail to the a good deal of delay, occasioned partlyby their doubts as to the practicability of Co-lumbuss project, and partly by the war theywere engaged in with the Moors, they no soonerconquered Grenada, than they listened to thepetition of the Genoese navigator, and a fleetwas equipped, with which he was to explorethe Atlantic Ocean. But, before Columbus and -. (88) COLUMBUS. 89 his men embarked, they marched to a monas-tery, in solemn procession, where they confessedtheir sins, and received the Holy Sacrament;and, the next morning, August 3d, 1492, theyset sail, (see the engraving on the opposite page?)in the presence of a numerous crowd of spec-tators, who supplicated Heaven for the pros-perous issue of the voyage; an event, however,which they rather wished, than expected to befulfilled. Now he is at sea, steering, with a steadybreeze, westward; but, after a month had ex-pired in this course, the men began to grumble,and, from complaints, they proceeded to expos-tulate with their commander, urging the hope-lessness of the enterprise, and that the only wayto escape certain destruction would be to shapetheir course back to Europe. Some even pro-posed to throw Columbus overboard at once,as the most certain and expeditious mode ofaver
Size: 1328px × 1882px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorfrostjo, bookcentury1800, bookidrobertramblespse00fros
