The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columubs; to which are Added Those of His CompanionsG.P. Putnam and Son, 1869 - America |
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... favorable to nautical enterprise . From constant- ly comparing maps and charts , and noting the progress and direction of discovery , he was led to perceive how much of the world remained un- known , and to meditate on the means of ...
... favorable to nautical enterprise . From constant- ly comparing maps and charts , and noting the progress and direction of discovery , he was led to perceive how much of the world remained un- known , and to meditate on the means of ...
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... favorable re- ply , and requested that Columbus might be sent to her . He accordingly set out for the Spanish court , then at Cordova , bearing a letter to the queen from the duke , soliciting that , in case the expedition should be ...
... favorable re- ply , and requested that Columbus might be sent to her . He accordingly set out for the Spanish court , then at Cordova , bearing a letter to the queen from the duke , soliciting that , in case the expedition should be ...
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... favorable wind.1 Such are the specimens of the errors and preju- dices , the mingled ignorance and erudition , and the pedantic bigotry , with which Columbus had to contend throughout the examination of his the- ory . Can we wonder at ...
... favorable wind.1 Such are the specimens of the errors and preju- dices , the mingled ignorance and erudition , and the pedantic bigotry , with which Columbus had to contend throughout the examination of his the- ory . Can we wonder at ...
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... favorable dispo- sitions of the sovereigns had been counteracted by the objections of the ignorant and bigoted . nouncing all further confidence , therefore , in vague promises , which had so often led to disappoint- ment , and giving ...
... favorable dispo- sitions of the sovereigns had been counteracted by the objections of the ignorant and bigoted . nouncing all further confidence , therefore , in vague promises , which had so often led to disappoint- ment , and giving ...
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... favorably disposed to the proposition of Colum- bus . She wrote in reply to Juan Perez , thank- ing him for his timely services , and requesting that he would repair immediately to the court , leaving Christopher Columbus in confident ...
... favorably disposed to the proposition of Colum- bus . She wrote in reply to Juan Perez , thank- ing him for his timely services , and requesting that he would repair immediately to the court , leaving Christopher Columbus in confident ...
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abounded admiral Almirante Alonso de Ojeda anchored Andalusia appeared arms arrived Asia beautiful beheld boat cacique called Canary Islands canoes Cape caravel Caribs Casas CHAPTER Christopher Columbus Cibao Cipango coast Colum command considered continued course court crew crown crown of Castile Cuba decad discovered discovery distance enterprise expedition favorable Fernando forests fortress gave the name gold Granada Guacanagari harbor Herrera Hispaniola Hist honor Indians inhabitants Isabella island Juan kind king land leagues letter light lofty los Palacios lumbus Marco Polo Martin Alonzo Pinzon ment Moguer monarch morning mountains natives Navarrete navigation night observed ocean Ojeda Oviedo Palos Peter Martyr Pinta Portugal Portuguese present Primer Viage princes promised queen received regions river royal sail seamen sent ships shore sovereigns Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit supposed tion took trees various vessels village VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS wind wonder
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Page 166 - ... to give to all remote and unknown regions ? Had he come upon some wild island far in the Indian sea; or was this the famed Cipango itself, the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him, as, with his anxious crews, he waited for the night to pass away; wondering whether the morning light would reveal a savage wilderness, or dawn upon spicy groves, and glittering fanes, and gilded cities, and all the splendor of oriental civilization.
Page 221 - ... with dykes, divided with hedges, or defended with walls. They deal truly one with another, without laws, without books, and without judges. They take him for an evil and mischievous man, who taketh pleasure in doing hurt to another; and albeit they delight not in superfluities, yet they make provision for the increase of such roots whereof they make their bread, contented with such simple diet, whereby health is preserved and disease avoided."* Much of this picture may be overcolored by the imagination,...
Page 164 - The breeze had been fresh all day, with more sea than usual, and they had made great progress. At sunset they had stood again to the west, and were ploughing the waves at a rapid rate, the Pinta keeping the lead, from her superior sailing. The greatest animation prevailed throughout the ships ; not an eye •was closed that night. As the evening darkened, Columbus took his station on the top of the castle or cabin on the high poop of his vessel, ranging his eye along the dusky horizon, and maintaining...
Page 165 - ... of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves : or in the hand of some person on shore, borne up and down as he walked from house to house. So transient and uncertain were these gleams, that few attached any importance to them ; Columbus, however, considered them as certain signs of land, and, moreover, that the land was inhabited.
Page 300 - As Columbus approached, the sovereigns rose, as if receiving a person of the highest rank. Bending his knees, he offered to kiss their hands ; but there was some hesitation on their part to permit this act of homage.
Page 170 - The natives of the island were no less objects of curiosity to the Spaniards, differing, as they did, from any race of men they had ever seen. Their appearance gave no promise of either wealth or civilization, for they were entirely naked, and painted with a variety of colors.
Page 167 - ... ships, appeared by their attitudes and gestures to be lost in astonishment. Columbus made signal for the ships to cast anchor, and the boats to be manned and armed. He entered his own boat, richly attired in scarlet, and holding the royal standard ; whilst Martin Alonzo Pinzon, and Vincent .Tanez his brother, put off in company in their boats, each with a banner of the enterprise emblazoned with a green cross, having on either side the letters F.
Page 160 - ... and a gun discharged, being the preconcerted signals for land. New joy was awakened throughout the little squadron, and every eye was turned to the west. As they advanced, however, their cloud-built hopes faded away, and before evening the fancied land had again melted into air.
Page 297 - at the same time he was promised still further rewards. Columbus lost no time in complying with the commands of the sovereigns. He sent a memorandum of the ships, men and munitions requisite, and having made such dispositions at Seville as circumstances permitted, set out for Barcelona, taking with him the six Indians, and the various curiosities and productions brought from the New World.
Page 299 - ... of Rome. A modest smile lighted up his features, showing that he enjoyed the state and glory in which he came ; and certainly nothing could be more deeply moving, to a mind inflamed by noble ambition, and conscious of having greatly deserved, than these testimonials of the admiration and gratitude of a nation, or rather of a world.