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Page 131
... Spotorno says that the daughter Maria took the veil ; confounding her with a niece . These are trivial errors , merely noticed to avoid the imputation of inaccu- racy . The account of the descendants of Columbus here given , accords ...
... Spotorno says that the daughter Maria took the veil ; confounding her with a niece . These are trivial errors , merely noticed to avoid the imputation of inaccu- racy . The account of the descendants of Columbus here given , accords ...
Page 133
... than an illegitimate son , * Charlevoix . Hist . St. Domingo , lib . vi . , p . 443 . + Idem , tom . i . , lib . vi . , p . 446 . Spotorno , Hist . Colom . , p . 123 . named Christopher . He left two daughters by his wife Appendix . 133.
... than an illegitimate son , * Charlevoix . Hist . St. Domingo , lib . vi . , p . 443 . + Idem , tom . i . , lib . vi . , p . 446 . Spotorno , Hist . Colom . , p . 123 . named Christopher . He left two daughters by his wife Appendix . 133.
Page 137
... Spotorno , under sanction of Ignazio de Giovanni , a learned canon , treats this assertion as a bravado , to cover his defeat , being contradicted by his evident poverty . * The family of Cuccaro however still maintain their right , and ...
... Spotorno , under sanction of Ignazio de Giovanni , a learned canon , treats this assertion as a bravado , to cover his defeat , being contradicted by his evident poverty . * The family of Cuccaro however still maintain their right , and ...
Page 144
... native of places in which there were persons of much honor of the name , and many sepulchral monuments • Spotorno , Hist . Mem , p . 5 . with arms and epitaphs of the Colombos . He relates 144 Appendix . -Lineage of Columbus •
... native of places in which there were persons of much honor of the name , and many sepulchral monuments • Spotorno , Hist . Mem , p . 5 . with arms and epitaphs of the Colombos . He relates 144 Appendix . -Lineage of Columbus •
Page 148
... Spotorno ; nor is this in any wise incom- patible with the intimation of Fernando Columbus , that the family had been reduced from high estate to great poverty by the wars of Lombardy . The feuds of Italy in those ages had broken down ...
... Spotorno ; nor is this in any wise incom- patible with the intimation of Fernando Columbus , that the family had been reduced from high estate to great poverty by the wars of Lombardy . The feuds of Italy in those ages had broken down ...
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