. An archer with Columbus;. Cliaiitei Page I. The World is Rorxi) 1 11. Fei-ix mins the Ckossbow 21 III. A EOYAL MESSEN(;i:ii 42 IV. The Monks (iiiosr . 62 V. The PuRsi it .... 81 vr. The Sailing of the Fleet . 106 VII. The Xew World . 128 VIII. The Ketlrx to Si-aix . 159 CHAPTER I. THE WORLD IS ROUND. One fine afternoon in the autumn of 1491,Ignacio Diaz, a tailor of the seaport townof Palos, was seated upon his table busilyat work on a new cassock evidently in-tended for a priest or monk. Diaz was a short, obese man with around, red face. He was ignorant andavaricious, servile to his superio
. An archer with Columbus;. Cliaiitei Page I. The World is Rorxi) 1 11. Fei-ix mins the Ckossbow 21 III. A EOYAL MESSEN(;i:ii 42 IV. The Monks (iiiosr . 62 V. The PuRsi it .... 81 vr. The Sailing of the Fleet . 106 VII. The Xew World . 128 VIII. The Ketlrx to Si-aix . 159 CHAPTER I. THE WORLD IS ROUND. One fine afternoon in the autumn of 1491,Ignacio Diaz, a tailor of the seaport townof Palos, was seated upon his table busilyat work on a new cassock evidently in-tended for a priest or monk. Diaz was a short, obese man with around, red face. He was ignorant andavaricious, servile to his superiors andtyrannical to those beneath him. One ofthe chief victims of his petty tyrannywas his apprentice, Felix Madrigal, afriendless orphan boy, whose unwillingdrudgery was repaid with scanty fare andabundant blows. Yet Ignacio Diaz considered himself aperson of consequence ; and after the eventsrelated in this story, his self-importanceincreased gi-eatly, and for the rest of hislife he boasted of the part he had takenin on
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