Rambles in sunny Spain . rstvoyage, is in the Columbina li-brary at Seville, as well as hisjournal. We are reminded ofColumbus in every part of Seville is the slab that oncecovered his remains, and other xmemorials; in Santa Fe (Vega of ~-the Granada) he last visited the Jqueen before setting out uponhis voyage ; in the Alhambra hehad an interview with his sover-eigns, it is said; from Palos hetook his departure, on his firstvoyage ; at Cordova he passedyears of waiting, while the con-quest of Granada was going , at that time, was un-known, but here, as the nations capital, a
Rambles in sunny Spain . rstvoyage, is in the Columbina li-brary at Seville, as well as hisjournal. We are reminded ofColumbus in every part of Seville is the slab that oncecovered his remains, and other xmemorials; in Santa Fe (Vega of ~-the Granada) he last visited the Jqueen before setting out uponhis voyage ; in the Alhambra hehad an interview with his sover-eigns, it is said; from Palos hetook his departure, on his firstvoyage ; at Cordova he passedyears of waiting, while the con-quest of Granada was going , at that time, was un-known, but here, as the nations capital, are preserved many memo-rials ; at Salamanca he held that famous consultation with the learneddoctors; at Burgos the high altar of the convent of Miraflores isdecorated with some of the gold of his first voyage ; at Barcelona,directly across the kingdom from the port at which he landed onhis return, he was so proudly received by his sovereigns; at Valladolidto-day, we may see the house in which he died, and the convent in. .^5=5 *r-2 106 RAMBLES IN SUNNY SPAIN. which he for a time lay buried. The Spaniards, whatever may betheir faults, cannot with justice be accused of ignoring the claimsupon posterity of their departed great and worthy men. We noticed, in this Naval Museum, a section of the tree of nochetriste, from Mexico; and this carried us back to that sad night whenthe Spaniards were expelled from the city of Mexico with such terri-ble slaughter, and when Cortez himself fell down beneath this treeof noche triste (the tree of the sorrowful night), and bewailed hismisfortunes. In Tacuba, with Cortez, was many a gallant chief;He thought upon his losses, and bowed his head in grief. The immense two-handed sword once belonging to Don Juan of Austria is shown in the Columbus room, and many paintings of ancient vessels. Very ancient and curious cannon are also here, which take us, in imagination, back to their first use in Spain, and hence in Europe. We read that gunpowder was fi
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