The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . armed, and a sea-fight was often the incident of a voyage. Young Christopher in one ofthese engagements received a deep wound, which, though healed at thetime, broke out in his later years and endangered his life. In 1459 Christopher had become an officer under his grand-uncle,wno commanded a fleet for King Rene, of Anjou, then seeking to winhis kingdom of Naples. It is evident that young Christopher did hisduty well, for Reno sent him in command of a vessel to cut out a gal-ley from Tunis, which
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . armed, and a sea-fight was often the incident of a voyage. Young Christopher in one ofthese engagements received a deep wound, which, though healed at thetime, broke out in his later years and endangered his life. In 1459 Christopher had become an officer under his grand-uncle,wno commanded a fleet for King Rene, of Anjou, then seeking to winhis kingdom of Naples. It is evident that young Christopher did hisduty well, for Reno sent him in command of a vessel to cut out a gal-ley from Tunis, which had become notorious for its ravages on Chris-tian commerce. A few years after this we find him on the Atlantic, commanding a OR, Orii COUNTRY 8 ACHIEVEMENTS. 113 vessel in a Genoese fleet, under Colombo il Mozo. His native Statewas at war with the sister republic of Venice, and they were on thelookout for some rich vessels of the Queen of the Adriatic. Theyfinally came upon them between Lisbon and Cape Saint Vincent. Itwas a sad spectacle to sec Italians thus arrayed against each other, but,. -Jj^^^jv—- CONVENT OF SANTA MARIA LA liABrDA AT PALOS. as IS usual in such wars, the feeling was intense on both sides. All daylong the Venetians gallantly resisted the attack of the Genoese. Chris«topher Columbus had grappled one of the Venetians, and in the handto hand fight on her deck had nearly forced lier to yield, when she tookfire. In a moment both vessels were in flames. But tl:e sliips were so 114 THE STORY OF A GREAT KATIOJT; bound together by spars and cordage, as well as grappling-irons, thatColumbus was uiiable to disengage his vessel from her burning anta-gonist. The combat ceased, and as the fires would soon communicateto the powder, the recent antagonists plunged into the sea, the onlyrivalry being to reach the shore, which a line of breakers showed themsome five miles distant. Columbus struck out manfully, spent as hewas with the terrible fight, but in his exhausted
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