A history of the United States . Diaz in 1486 rounded the Cape of Good his sailors refused to go further, the honor of finding thelong sought sea route to India was reserved for Vasco daGama, who in 1498, six years after Columbuss discovery ofAmerica, sailed round the Cape to India. In 1500 the Por-tuguese fleet of Cabral started on its way to India and strik-ing boldly out into the south Atlantic was carried west-ward by the current to the coast of Brazil. He sent a shiphome to report his discovery, and resumed his voyage toIndia. The New World Of the early Hfe of Columbus little is d
A history of the United States . Diaz in 1486 rounded the Cape of Good his sailors refused to go further, the honor of finding thelong sought sea route to India was reserved for Vasco daGama, who in 1498, six years after Columbuss discovery ofAmerica, sailed round the Cape to India. In 1500 the Por-tuguese fleet of Cabral started on its way to India and strik-ing boldly out into the south Atlantic was carried west-ward by the current to the coast of Brazil. He sent a shiphome to report his discovery, and resumed his voyage toIndia. The New World Of the early Hfe of Columbus little is definitely fact is all the more surprising in view of the fullness withwhich his later life is set forth in his own letters, Early life ofmany of which are still extant, and in the writings Columbusof his son Ferdinand and his friend Las Casas. Even thedate of his birth is unknown, though most modern writersagree that it occurred about the year 1446. His father wasa woolen weaver of Genoa. What schooling he had or when. ToSCANELLls MaP. he gave himself to a seafaring life are questions to which nosatisfactory answer can be given. It is evident from com-ments in his handwriting on the margins of works on geog-raphy and travel that no available information on theproblems of geography and exploration escaped his so many other seamen of his day with a scientificbent Columbus soon drifted to Portugal, where he marriedinto the family of one of Prince Henrys navigators. A letterfrom the Florentine astronomer Toscanelli to a friend at thePortuguese court first suggested to his mind, so Ferdinand andLas Casas tell us, the idea of reaching India by a westward 6 The Colonies voyage. King Alfonso was likewise interested in this sugges-tion and both he and Columbus wrote to ToscanelH for furtherhght on the subject. Columbus made a formal appeal toAlfonsos successor for ships with which to seek for Cipangoin the western ocean, but King John considered him visionaryan
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