Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery

CHAPTER VI.

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COLUMBUS IN PORTUGAL 103

ILLUSTRATIONS: Toscanelli's Map restored, 110; Map of Eastern Asia, with Old and New Names, 113; Catalan Map of Eastern Asia (1375), 114; Marco Polo, 115; Albertus Magnus, 120; the Laon Globe, 123; Oceanic Currents, 130; Tables of Regiomontanus (1474-1506), 132; Map of the African Coast (1478), 133; Martin Behaim, 134.