RM2AKAXC3–The story of Columbus . they were half way overthe Indians sent showers of arrows and lances into theirmidst. In spite of their bucklers many Spaniards werewounded, but they pushed on and the enemy fled. Ontheir way into the country they had to go more thanonce through Indian ambuscades. Don Bartholomew sent one of the Indians of thecountry whom he had captured to Mayobanex, promis-ing to make the chief no more trouble if he would giveup Guarionex. Tell the Spaniards, said Mayobanex, that theyare bad men, cruel and tyrannical, usurpers of the landsof others and shedders of innocent blood. I do
RM2AKB0T4–The story of Columbus . rs, up which noman could sail because the waters of the streams ran insuch great waves and roared so that it was impossibleto row or sail against them. The mind of Columbuswas full of legends of the East, and it was not strangethat the tumultuous passes and the great flow of freshwater into the Gulf of Paria suggested to his mind theroaring floods of Sir John Mandevilles paradise. 196 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEE XXXIY. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COLONY WHILE COLUMBUS WAS AWAY. U96-U97. When Christopher Cohimbiis had sailedaway to Spain in 1496 from Hispani-ola, Bartholomew
RM2AKB6EX–The story of Columbus . Mil ^>^!. THE GIRALDA TOWER, SEVILLE. 138 THE STORY OP COLUMBUS. in looking for it. Ojeda and his men went back withtheir specimens of gold. The next day, another younggentleman, named Gorvalan, who had been to anotherplace where the Indians said there was gold, returnedwith specimens of the metal. There was great excite-ment in the settlement. Columbus wrote a very hope-ful letter to send back to Spain. Dr. Chanca alsowrote in his letter that the king and queen mightnow consider themselves the most wealthy sovereignsin the world, for, said he, on the return of the s
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RM2AKBTCY–The story of Columbus . secretly in the night to the court, which wasstill in the city of Santa Fe, before Granada. We do not know why Juan Perez made his journeyso privately, nor what he said to the queen when he sawher once more, but we know that his friendship wasworth more to Columbus than the friendship of all thegreat courtiers who had been kind to him at differenttimes. The queen sent Perez back for Columbus, andat the same time she sent the navigator about seventy-two dollars, which would be the same in value as twohundred and sixteen dollars in our day. With part ofthis money Columbus
RM2AKBEG7–The story of Columbus . ed the king, he had to visit thequeen and tell her about his adventures. On the 13th of March Columbus made sail for Spain,and after two days he anchored in the harbor of Palos, LAND. 103 out of which he had sailed seven months and a half be-fore. The people of Palos were wild with deliirht.They came to meet him in procession, shouting withexcitement. They held it a great honor that Columbushad sailed from their town, priding themselves on it asmuch as though they had not done their utmost to de-feat his enterprise at the outset. 104 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTER XYIIL
RM2AWRBWM–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . de Lorgues. de que llevaba por guía el más escrupulosocuidado por descubrir la verdad, 3 fundaba sus afirmacio-nes en documentos indudables, no hay en todo su libro unhecho cierto que no esté fundado en lo que dijeron LasCasas V Muñoz, y en los documentos coleccionados por donMartín Fernández Xavarrete? Lo que de este origen sesepara, lo que no se apova en esas autoridades, es hijo de la. AJ ^ Sí m. NiV Z-^^j / í.CW/ir ^i EL CO.NDE ROSELLY DE LORGUES imaginacion del conde, producto de su ardiente fantasía:pura novela o falsedad palma
RM2AKB4W5–The story of Columbus . OLD CANNON FROM THE FORTRESS OF SANTODOMINGO. ir^^^=^--w. Ojeda praying to his picture oj the Virgin. OJEDAS ADVENTURE. 169 the settlement. It seems that the Indians were verymuch charmed with the chapel bell at Isabella. Onecan fancy that an Indian, who delighted in the tinkle ofhawkbells tied on his arms and legs when he danced,would be much pleased with the sound of a large bell.The Indians thought that the chapelbell was certainly turey^ or supernatural.When they saw the Spaniards hurry tochurch at the sound of its ringing theyimao^ined that the bell talked to them.
RM2AWH69J–Christopher Columbus and the New World of his discovery : a narrative . f the governingbody during the absence of the Admiral on his voyageto Cuba might be relied upon to counteract the jealousaccusations of Margarite and Buil. Unfortunately there was no golden cargo to sendback with him. As much gold as possible was scrapedtogether, but it was very little. The usual assortmentof samples of various island products was also sent; butstill the vessels were practically empty. Columbus musthave been painfully conscious that the time for sendingsamples had more than expired, and that the people inS
RM2AKBJF2–The story of Columbus . d into thehull of the wreckedship. The fire-armswere too much forthe Indians. Kingand subjects fell on the ground at the first report.They were much frightened, but when they were as-sured that these weapons should be used against theirenemies, the Caribs, their fright is said to have changedto delight. The admiral left his little colony all the trinketsthere were on board the two vessels, with which totrade, as well as provisions, arms, tools, seeds, cannonand powder, and a ships boat. He ex]3ected when hecame back to find a ton of gold gathered by tradingwith the Indi
RM2AKAM0M–The story of Columbus . mew toldhis men that they were to stand back until they saw himtake hold of the arm of the chief, when they w^ere tocome to his aid. He and his Indian interpreter, whowas trembling with fear by this time, approached Quibi- an. Don Bartholomewtalked a little with thechief about his wound,and then, pretendingthat he wanted to lookat it, he took hold ofthe chiefs arm. Therewas a pretty lively strug-gle between Bartholo-mew Columbus and Qui-bian, for they were bothpowerful men ; but fourof the Spaniards sooncame to the aid of DonBartholomew, while thefifth fired an arquebus
RM2AKB5CJ–The story of Columbus . aniola, but he was very anxious about hisother ships, which were in the open sea. They rodeout the storm in safety, however, and joined the admi-ral when it was over. The discoverer had planned toextend his voyage to some of the Caribbee islands, buthe had been so anxious and slept so little for sr> long atime, that he fell ill of a fever at this point, and lay as THE RETURN TO HISPANIOLA. 163 though he were dumb, blind, and senseless for manydays. His men hastened to Isabella with him. The first person that the sick discoverer saw whenhe came to consciousness was hi
RM2AGAKEJ–. The Life of Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of America. ecurity for their kindness. Co-lumbus caused them to be kindly treated andclothed, and when they sent them back gave themmany presents. The girls did tiot appear to beafraid of any thing they saw on board the ship. At this place, at another time, when Bartholo-mew was going ashore, several of the Indianswaded out to the water, and took him on theirshoulders and carried him to a grassy bank wherethey seated him. He carried with him a man towrite down such information as he should getabout the country. Having found out somethingwhich
RM2AKAHCX–The story of Columbus . air they breathed, andthe sky oer their heads, to be the best this world affords, and one says, Thank (jod,I also am an American ! We have many books of biography, but I have ^een noneso ample, so clear-cut, and breathing so strongly the best spirit of our native land. Noyoung man or woman can fail to find among these ample pages some model worthy ofimitation.—From Francks E. Willard, President N. V. C. T. U. I congratulate you on the beauty of the volume, and the thoroughness of thework.—l^rom the Rev. Phillips Brooks, D. D. Every days use of this admirable work conf
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RM2AWP32X–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . na manera tan sencilla como clara el procederde las medianías, y las astucias de la envidia para rebajar elmérito de lo que no pueden alcanzar. Colón también les diula más cumplida respuesta con un solo rasgo de su elocuen-cia, escribiendo á los re^-es desde la Isla Jamaica en 7 deJulio de 1503: «siete años estuve en su real corte C|ue ácuantos se fablo de esta empresa todos á iiiiíl dijeron que erahurla; agora, fasta los sastres supliean por deseuhrir:» frase quecauso profunda impresión en el ánimo de Voltaire, hacién-dole decir : «
RM2AXK012–Christopher Columbus in poetry, history and art . Alhambra.«- Isabella Pledging Her Jewels.^ Tombs of Ferdinand and Isabella at Granada.*^olumbus Taking Leave of Prior Perez at Palos.^ The Departure of Columbus.»^ Columbus on Deck of the Santa Maria. Columbus Received by the Catholic Sovereigns atBarcelona.Columbus in Chains.- Mausoleum in Cathedral at Santo Domingo.i^Statue at Santo Domingo.y Monument on Watling s Island.?^Monument and Fountain at Washington, D. C.Detail of Same.Statue in Lima, Peru. CONTENTS. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, In Poetry, History and Art. Chapter Page I. The Time, the Pla
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RM2AWR3HF–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . /?J í V ordinaria, monumento de excepcional importancia, de rarezasuma, (¡uc dcljc ser mirado con pasiiín pur los verdaderoscolombistas. Describiendo minuciosamente el Códice el doctísimol)arnabita luán B, Spotorno. y después de hablar de la copiade la carta del magistrado de San Jorge á Col^. con que termina, añade; «/// fine si vede uno sebi:^:io odltito sopra ;;/(-:;() fof^Iio diciívtú rüppresenlímte muí piltiint siuiholicii del G)/o//;/0 í delldsiiii siopertci .)) Xo logro el esbozo o croquis tíjar la atencion de aquelsabio, que
RM2AWNRDX–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . rlos, por tener completa nocion de cuantohasta entonces se había navegado, y sacar deducciones parademostracion de sus teorías. Porque estudiando los capítulos en que don FernandoColon señala v expone las razones que movieron á su padreá intentar el descubrimiento y á llevar á su ánimo la convic-cion de que en Tos mares de Occidente había tierras noconocidas, v podía llegarse por ellas al extremo de la India.o sea hasta los dominios del Gran Kan; recapitulandocuanto acerca del mismo objeto consigna extensamente elobispo Las Casas, y
RM2AKBGXJ–The story of Columbus . upe, carrying a wax candle weighing fivepounds. Columbus drew the bean with the cross on it.The beans were put in a cup again, and this timeanother pilgrimage was vowed. A sailor drew themarked bean, and Columbus promised to give himmoney with which to pay the expenses of his pilgrim-age. Another lot was then cast for a pilgrimage to stillanother shrine, to say a mass there and watch all nightin the chapel. Columbus again drew the marked bean.As the storm grew worse than ever, sailors, officers, andmen at once made a solemn vow that w^ere they everspared to reach land,
RM2AWPPGK–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . dificultades para que el cuarto centenario del descubri-miento del Nuevo Mundo no sea la fiesta de una nacion.sino la expresion del júbilo y entusiasmo de todos lospueblos civilizados. i=&— !sm ?«y. ir-- -1 APÉNDICES INTRODUCCIÓN (a).— Pág. XVII ESTUDIOS científicos ^?^? Vuelve á agitarse entre los americanistas la cuestión muchas vecesdebatida, y otras tantas abandonada, del arribo de naves fenicias á lastierras que luego en el siglo XV descubrieron los españoles, y se llamaronIndias Occidentales ó Nuevo Mundo. Como complemento d
RM2AN1MNT–The life of Christopher Columbus, from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time . This king and queen were King Ferdinand ofAragon, and Queen Isabella of Castile. Themarriage of these two had united Spain. Theiraffection for each other made the union real, andthe energy, courage and wisdom of both madetheir reign successful and glorious. Of all itsglories the greatest, as it has proved, was con-nected with the life and discoveries of the sailorwho was now to approach them. He had been 3 34 THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. disloyally treated by Portugal, he had beendismisse
RM2AKBW0X–The story of Columbus . im. Columbus and his little boy traveled on foot. Hehad almost reached the town of Huelva when he stoppedone day at the monastery of La Rabida, and begged theporter to give him a little bread and water for the child.The prior of the convent, named Juan Perez, happenedto see Columbus, and noticed that the poor strangerspoke Spanish with the accent of a foreigner. Who are you, and where do you come from ? askedthe prior. I have come, answered Columbus, from thecourt, where I have been to propose certain maritimediscoveries, engaging myself to make land at terra firina^and
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RM2AX694X–The voyage of Columbus[Poem] . inland sea. Begirt by mountain lands where gods were throned. Who ruled the elements for good or harm. As told in legends of the olden times. The learning of the world was there content To build its temples, pyramids, and towns. And sail in its small way the inland seas. Thus mind was bound. All efforts to explore Had failed to find a more inviting land Or pleasant sea where man could safely sail. So all beyond remained a dire expanse, Excitinsf fear and dread of being: lost. 11 But, while thus cruising near the old confines,Mans strong imagination passed the bou
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RM2AKBKH7–The story of Columbus . urned the rudderover to a boy, and went to sleep himself. Meantimethe currents drew the ship slowly toward a sand bank.She touched so softly that there was almost no shock.The boy who was steering felt the helm stop and heardthe breakers on the sand bar. He began to cry out.Columbus was on his feet in an instant, and was thefirst man on deck. The pilot and several sailors ranout next. Columbus ordered them to get into the boatand throw out an anchor astern in order to warp theship off. Instead of doing this the cowards rowed forthe I^ina, which was half a league away. M
RM2AX9GAE–Christopher Columbus in poetry, history and art . me hasnot been given to this new land which he dis-covered,—collectively,—we figuratively speakof our part of it as Columbia—the Gem ofthe Ocean; and the district set aside to con-tain our national capital is named for him. In that capital is his monument, glorious inits splendor, and placed through the initiativeof the Knights who bear his name ; and thebronze doors of the Capitol building portrayscenes from his life, while his statue is placedin the portico. Geographically also is he hon-ored—by England, in her British Columbia ;in South Amer
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RM2AWNNHG–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . en los detalles más insignifican-tes de los muchos que oía de los mismos c[ue los referían, vpara aquilatar la certeza de varias noticias que llegaban des-figuradas o dudosas, se decidió á comprobar por su expe-riencia propia aquellas narraciones, AÚsitando los países másdistantes entre sí, ampliando á la par 3- de una manerasegura el círculo de su observacion. El único tiempo c[ue, al parecer, falto de Lisboa enlos cinco primeros años de su residencia en Portugal, fuéel que invirtió en visitar la isla de Puerto Santo; viaje queproba
RM2AKB2RJ–The story of Columbus . blownaway, and people fled for safety. The ships in the har-bor were whirled about, their cables broken, and theywere either sunk or wrecked on the shore, while themen on board of them were drowned. After threehours the storm was over. The Indians called thiskind of storm furicanes or uricanes, and that is how TROUBLE FOR COLUMBUS. 177 they have come to have the name of hurricane. Thefour ships which Aguado had brought over werewrecked, as well as two others that were in the harbor.There was only the Nina left, and she was badly dam-aged. Columbus and Aguado did not car
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RM2AKB1DN–The story of Columbus . SoutljJimerica COLUMBUS SAILS ON HIS THIRD VOYAGE. 189 America. This strait seemed so terrible to Colmnbusthat he named it tlie Moutli of the Serpent. The im-mense wave which he had seen was produced by thewaters of the great river Orinoco flowing into the seaand throngli the strait into the Gulf of Paria. The next day the admiral caused the Mouth of theSerpent to be sounded, and found that the waters weresufficiently deep, though there were contrary currents.He sailed through tlie strait safely, and came to stillwater on the other side. Columbus was now in thegreat Gul
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RM2AWNTJX–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . los hombres estudiosos de los descubrimientosportugueses; Lisboa era centro de una actividad desconocidahasta entonces. y las cuestiones geográficas merecían prefe-rente atención, y ocupaban en todas horas 3 en todos loslugares á las personas de negocios, de ciencia, de ilustraciony actividad. En medio de aquel movimiento Cristób.alColón sentía crecer sus deseos: sus esperanzas se aumen-taban, Y trabajando con incesante afán, consagraba á losestudios de sus planes, todo el tiempo Cjue le dejaba libre lanecesidad de procurarse la subs
RM2AX9NFH–Christopher Columbus in poetry, history and art . lor. Wit may mock thy soul that sees the land,And hopeless at the helm may droop the weak and weary hand;Yet ever, ever to the West, for there the coast must lie.And dim it dawns and glimmering dawns before thy reasons eye;Yea, trust the guiding God, and go along the floating grave.Though hid till now, yet now behold the New World oer the wave!With Genius, Nature ever stands in solemn union still.And ever what the one foretells the other shall fulfill. . —Friedrich von Schiller. —Translated by E. Bulwer Lytton. Heroic guide! whose wings are nev
RM2AKAJPP–The story of Columbus . weapons. Amongthe dead was a man named Ledesma, the same pilotwho swam through the surf to get news of the colonyat Yeragua. He was covered with wounds, and theIndians were examining his corpse, when it suddenlyspoke in a deep, hoarse voice. The Indians took to theirheels. Did dead men speak among the whites ? Inreality Ledesma was not dead. He had fallen into acleft in the rock, and was not found until the next dayby the white men. In sjDite of his many wounds hedid not die, but got well; while a man in Don Bartholo-mews party died of a single thrust in the leg. The mu
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RM2AN1DXM–The life of Christopher Columbus, from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time . andwith the search for gold. He sent out expeditions of discovery to openrelations with the natives, and to find the bestplaces for washing and mining for gold.Melchior Meldonado commanded three hundredmen, in the first of these expeditions. Theycame to a good harbor at the mouth of a river,where they saw a fine house, which they sup-posed might be the home of Guacanagari. Theymet an armed party of one hundred Indians ;but these men put away their weapons whensignals of peace were made, and br
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RM2AWPPW1–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . edan ser éstos; qué magnitud puedan alcan-zar las manifestaciones de entusiasmo de tan cultas ciudades,no podemos decirlo, ni aun indicarlo siquiera. Tal vez al llegar á este punto, 3 aún antes de habervenido tan lejos, algún lector, recordando el espíritu untanto positivo é interesado 3 demasiado utilitario de lostiempos en que vivimos, juzgue exagerada la grande exten-sion que pretendemos tenga la celebracion del centenario. 3^aun añada que así se hace imposible su realizacion. Elargumento es grave de verdad, pero en el caso presen
RM2AKCJ10–The story of Columbus . ^^^rn^/ POSITION OF CEUTA. 10 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. king and princes set out on tlieir expedition, for tlieyknew that this valiant action would have pleased herbest. Twice the Portuguese fleet anchored before Ceuta,and twice it was scattered by storms. The Moors weremuch frightened when they first saw the Christian ships,but when they were a second time driven away bystorms the people of Ceuta w^ere thrown off theirguard, for they thought that the vessels would neverget together again. Prince Henry, after a great deal. ROCK OF GIBRALTAR. of trouble, however, got the fl
RM2AWRMR6–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . perProspero Peragallo.— Ciénova, 1884, in 4.. Reconferma deiratitenticitii delle Historie di Fernando Colombo. — Risjjostaalie osservazioni delP Vff. Trof. Dott. Pietro Arata, per Prospero Peragallo.—Oénova, 1885, in f,. Colón y Pinzón, por don Cesáreo Fernández Duro, ca])itán cíe naío.—Madrid, 1883, in f. Congreso internacional de aineriea/ustas. Actas de la c tunta reunión.—Madrid, 1883, in f. Lorig/ne de Cliristophe Colond. — Demonslratioii critique et documentaire,par Sejus.— París, 1885, in 8. Origine,patria ( gioventú di Crist
RM2AWRJDR–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . 12- -A ?^---,. ?? ??. . e-v ^^ri-p i^j:: ) X (- mu} juveniles empezó á reunir materiales, quizá por meracuriosidad, y no tardo mucho tiempo en dar principio á untrabajo m.ás detenido, poniéndolos en orden para formar lahistoria. Poco más de veinte años contaba fray Bartoloméen el de 1493. cuando su padre se embarco en Sevilla parael Nuevo Mundo; y á este tiempo retraemos el pensamiento,pues él mismo dice: vhit ¡michos aJios que coiJiciicc ü cscnhiresta historia, pero por mis graneles peregrinaciones y ocupacionesno la be poiliilo aca
RM2AWP9GW–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . a v habitantes, j Lástima, en verdad, que detan extraño é importantísimo suceso no se conserve más quela memoria! ; Cuántos datos inapreciables y variados, cuan- Itas observaciones dignas de atención hubiera encontrado ensus relaciones la posteridad! Pero á nuestro projDosito, eneste momento, es mu3- suficiente el poder consignar, casi conabsoluta certeza, que setecientos años antes de la Era Cris-tiana, las costas de .Vfrica habían sido 3a objeto de atrevidasexploraciones 3 se había rodeado esta gran parte del mundo.pasando el que d
RM2AWT52Y–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . d; la historia, el arte y hasta el negocio pro-piamente dicho, así nos lo demuestran. La historia, porquelas costas de Andalucía reclaman con ma3or título que otraparte alguna ese monumento: el arte porque no existiendoen muchas millas á la redonda cerros ni montañas quesirvan de fondo á la estatua, la velen por cualquier punto(jue se la mire, y la empequeñezcan elevándose por encimade ella, el monumento se destacará desde tierra sobre elmar, y desde el mar sobre la línea de horizonte de la tierraen toda su grandiosa é imponente maje
RM2AKB5ME–The story of Columbus . ossoming trees.Columbus could see two cabins built of reeds, and thesmoke of fires on the beach. He landed with somearmed men and the San Salvador Indian, who wentalong as interpreter, but the wigwams were empty andthe fires had been deserted. Apparently the Spaniardshad broken up a feast. There were fish, utias or littlerabbits, and guanas or big lizards, hanging on the treesor roasting over the fires. As the Spaniards had been THE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. 149 living meagerlj of late,-tliej sat down to eat withoutmore ado, though they left the guanas untouched, forthey con
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RM2AKB3PP–The story of Columbus . time in squabbling and idle-ness than in gold-digging. The Indians were sold inSeville, but they died speedily in their new and hardlife. During all this time Columbus was ill. It was notuntil five months after he had first been taken sick onshipboard that he recovered his usual health. Indian war was constantlythreatening the set-tlement, and by April,1495, it broke out.All of the chiefs, ex-cepting Guacanagari,banded together to at-tack the white men,another brother of Ca-onabo taking his place as chief of the tribe. They wereon the warpath now, making their way towar
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RM2AKC90E–The story of Columbus . ^- ^- V^. VIEW OF THE ALHAMBRA ACROSS GRANADA. ment before Granada. Queen Isabella, dressed inarmor, rode about the field on a beautiful horse, re-viewing her troops. Once the fine tent in which sheslept caught fire, and the queen and her children werebarely saved from burning. Because of this accident,and for the reason that winter was coming on, thequeen resolved to build solid houses of stone and mortarfor the encampment, so that there should be a city out-side of a city. In less than three months, the new city COLUMBUS BEGS IN VAIN. 39 had sprung up, which was calle
RM2AKAT6W–The story of Columbus . was poor, and could not afford aloneto push Spanish discoveries very far. So a license hadbeen granted for Spaniards to fit out ships at their ownexpense. In this way the crown was sure of a sharein the profits without taking a share in the expense,though the rights of Columbus were left out of theaccount. The result had been that there were several expedi-tions sent out to the New World after Columbus sentword of the discovery of pearls. In these voyagessailed those who had been old captains under Columbus,such as the Pinzons, and pilots who had been with himon his dif
RM2AKB02B–The story of Columbus . hatthe Indians had suffered very much in other parts ofthe island by being forced to gather gold for the Span-iards. He told Bartholomew that he was aware thatgold was what the white men most wanted, but thatthere was no gold in his country, and his people scarcelyknew what it was. Don Bartholomew answered thathe would take cotton and cassava bread instead of gold,at which the chief looked much relieved. Meantime at Isabella there was the old story ofillness and idleness, of men who would not raise their own food and depend-ed for support on thesupplies from Spainor upo
RM2AKCNH0–The story of Columbus . NEW VDR J / £& CX THE STORY OF COLUMBUS BY ELIZABETH EGGLESTON SEELYE IVITH NINETV-NINE ILLUSTRATIONSBy ALLEGRA EGGLESTON EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BYEDWARD EGGLESTON. OCT -Or,. NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1892 1 1892 Copyright, 1892,By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. Electrotyped and Printed AT THE APPLETON PrESS, U. S. A. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.—Marco Polo .II.—Henry the navigator .III.—Young Columbus .IV.—Columbus in PortugalY.—CoLUxMBUS IN SpainYI.—Columbus begs in vainYII.—A friendly monk .YIII.—Getting ready for the voyageIX.—The first voyage of ColumbusX.—Land at
RM2AWP80E–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . , que, sin duda jíara diferenciarse detantos otros homonimos, se había apellidado de Tcrra-nibrcl,porque en aquel territorio habría nacido quizá, o por lomenos tenía fincas de su propiedad y allí habito muchotiempo, se traslado luego á Quinto, 3 últimamente fijo suresidencia en Genova. Era de oficio cardador de lana, segúnconsta de documentos recientemente encontrados, y asegura-ron Julio Salinerio y el obispo Justiniani; o tejedor de paños,según Antonio Gallo 3 otros biografos: aunque lo uno nocontradice á lo otro, 3^ ambos ejercici
RM2AKB60F–The story of Columbus . fruits which they tried to imagine the same asfruits they had known in Spain. Columbus named thenext stream that he crossed the River of Gold, becausesome particles of gold were found in its sands. Thethird river that lay in his course ran across translucentpebbles, which gave it a green look, so Columbus calledit Green River. All of these streams were the Yaquior its tributaries. Tlie following day the army reachedthe foot of some steep mountains, that the discoverercalled the Gates of Cibao. The next day the march wasthrough a rough and rugged country. Often ridershad
RM2AN1JF0–The life of Christopher Columbus, from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time . had occasion to learn aboutit later. He mentions also that the island ismountainous. CHAPTER V. LANDING ON CUBA THE CIGAR AND TOBACCO -^-CIPANGO AND THE GREAT KHAN FROM CUBA TO HAYTI ITS SHORES AND HARBORS. When Columbus landed, at some distance fartheralong the coast, he found the best houses he hadyet seen, very large, like pavilions, and very neatwithin; not in streets but set about here and there.They were all built of palm branches. Here weredogs which never barked (supposed to be thealmi
RM2AWTDDY–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . i^: ::>ít.-iír-. XXVIII CKISrÓliAL COLON consta de un zócalo liso, sobre el que descansa el segundocuerpo, en cuyos planos entrantes se han esculpido, enrelieve en dos de sus caras, escenas del desembarco de Colónen las primeras islas descubiertas, y en las otras dos, elnombre del ilmirante y una de sus cartas á la Reina Catu- íJJKSJ m
RM2AWNW71–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . del Almirante relegan esta narración entre las fábulas intro-ducidas en los Apuntes de don Fernando Colon. En estesencillo relato nada hay que pueda aumentar la gloria deCrist<:)BAL Colón, ni qu-e se refiera á su nobleza, ni sirvapara sostener pretensiones de sus sucesores, que podríanser argumentos para fundar la duda. Existen, por el con-trario, diferentes indicios y consideraciones que inclinanel ánimo á creer que hay en él una verdadera historia. Re-cuérdese que desde sus más tiernos años vivieron juntos donDiego Colon. hijo d
RM2AXK0N3–Christopher Columbus in poetry, history and art . Christoplier (()luiiil>us Chrtstopher Cofumbiis InR)etriand By Sara Agnes Ryanchristophercolum00ryan
RM2AWTED6–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . ^Iuchas ciudades de América ostentan. MONLMENTO DE VALCTEBO monumentos á la gloria de Crist()BAL Colón; } en laimposibilidad de detallarlos, mencionaremos los que se le-vantan en las ciudades de la isla de Cuba; en la HabanaV en Cárdenas, donde lucen en los sitios más preferentes lasestatuas del descubridor. En Filadelfia se inauguro á media-dos del año 1875 un precioso monumento de mármol en elpaseo de Fairmount-Park. Méjico también ha tributadoeste honor al ilustre navegante, y en la plaza de la Reformase levanto uno de los más bel
RM2AKB6Y1–The story of Columbus . S^ fS^I^. entertained at first. The lizards with which Dr. Chancawas so much disgusted were iguanas, which sometimesgrow to be five feet long.The iguana, which is a sortof lizard with a tail like alance, can climb trees, not-withstanding its size. Itis still thought to be verygood eating in the countrieswhere it is found. Alligators were alsoclassed as lizards by theSpaniards. They foundthat on a small island nearHispaniola there was whatthey called a lizard as bigaround as a calf, with atail as long as a lance.The men often went out to try to kill it, but were sur-pris
RM2AWR57Y–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . IV La Sociedad Colombina Onubense al ocuparse, casi enlos momentos de su instalacion, de todo cuanto podía contri-buir á celebrar anualmente la fecha de la salida de lascarabelas del puerto de Palos, y á preparar por ese medio lamayor gloria de Cristóbal Culóx, pensó también en quepudiera solemnizarse con ma3ores demostraciones el cuartocentenario, aunque todavía estaba mu} lejano; y para ello,á pesar de que entonces no contaba más cjue con sus propiosrecursos, anuncio 3a el pensamiento de pedir al gobiernoque estando declarado monum
RM2AN1G6C–The life of Christopher Columbus, from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time . KING FERDINAND, QUEEN ISABELLA. 133. QUEEN ISABELLA, 134 THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. and the Spanish crown had assented by treaty tothis arrangement. Ferdinand and Isabella couldnow refer to this precedent, in asking for a grantto them of their discoveries on the western sideof the Atlantic. The pope now reigning wasAlexander II. He had not long filled the papalchair. He was an ambitious and prudent sove-reign—a native of Spain—and, although he wouldgladly have pleased the king of Portug
RM2AWGXBK–Christopher Columbus and the New World of his discovery : a narrative . 0 o w o Q O J A V ^Brc:&. THE LAST DAYS all in one box. A sacrilegious official acquired some ofit when the boxes were opened, and distributed it amongvarious curiosity-hunters, who have preserved it in casketsof crystal and silver. Thus a bit of him is worn by anAmerican lady in a crystal locket; a pinch of him liesin a glass vial in a New York mansion; other pinches inthe Lennox Library, New York, in the Vatican, and inthe University of Pavia. In such places, if the Admiralshould fail to appear at the first note of their
RM2AWGWJR–Christopher Columbus and the New World of his discovery : a narrative . them the belief that he could by observation correct his Dead-reckoning Departure. He most certainly could not; and as a matter of fact the currents, instead of being against him, as he asserted, were with him the whole way. His only timekeeper was a half-hour sand-glass. For taking an observation he had the fore staff or cross staff, a quadrant, and a sea astrolabe. The fore staff or cross staff was a clumsy instrument, and can be best understood by a glance at the above diagram. [ 298 ] THE FIRST VOYAGE The degrees and m
RM2AWH258–Christopher Columbus and the New World of his discovery : a narrative . her age. Columbus had evidently received the news from apublic source, and felt mortified that Diego should nothave written him a special letter. Letter written by Christopher Columbus to Don Diego,his Son, December 3, 1504. Very dear Son,—I wrote you at length day beforeyesterday and sent it by Francisco Pinelo, and with this letterI send you a very full memorandum. I am very muchastonished not to receive a letter from you or from any oneelse, and this astonishment is shared by all who know me.Every one here has letters,
RM2AWRBB6–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . encia proverbial, á corporaciones académicas 3^ á preladosrespetables, solamente por el pecado de que no eran de suopinión. En este sentido fué dando al terreno de la polé-mica. Sataiiús contni Cristóbal Colón: Los dos ataúdes: Cristó-bal Colón, servidor de Dios, su apostolado, su santidad, yúltimamente Historia postuma de Cristóbal Colón, que escritasdespués del fallo de la congregacion, tienen más de libeloque de disquisicion historica. Ante las inexactitudes que comete el conde en estaúltima obra ; ante sus juicios descabellados;
RM2AWP7C2–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . la subsistencia dela familia. Puede asegurarse, por tanto, que los primerosaños de su vida los paso Cristóbal Colón trabajando en elmodesto oficio en que su padre se ejercitaba, 3- sin másinstruccion que la superficial que podía ir adquiriendo enlas conversaciones con sus amigos. De ellas debió tomarincremento é irse desarrollando poco á poco, su afán, porconocer aquellas ciencias que más despertaban su curiosidady agradaban á su entendimiento, de las que no tardaría entomar algunas nociones, con la lectura y estudio de los pocoslibr
RM2AWPJNN–Cristóbal Cólon : su vida, sus viajes, sus descubrimientos . l cofrecillo; mientras fueroná buscarla entré con él en un saloncito donde vi con admiración las máshermosas pinturas de Alberto Durero y de Lucas de Holanda que hastaentonces había visto. Son ejemplares verdaderamente raros. Por muyalejados que ho estemos del estilo y manera de los primeros maestrosalemanes, no puede negarse á esos cuadros de que hablo, un increíbleencanto de sencillez, de gracia y de colorido. Venida la llave, pusiéronme en la mano el tesoro encerrado en elcofrecillo. Es un volumen cuya descripción bibliográfica p