Category: Biographies
Genoa, 1.--Place of Birth, 2.--Time of Birth, 4.--Family, 6. --Early Studies, 7.--Early Maritime Experience, 9.--Piratical Expeditions, 10.--Voyage to Africa, 11.--Voyage to Iceland, 12.-- Experience as Bookseller and Mapmaker, 14.--Removal to Portugal, 16. --Marriage, 17.--Ch...
The commission of Columbus bore date of April 30, 1492. On the same day was signed a royal requisition on the inhabitants of the town of Palos, requiring them to furnish at thei...
11. CHAPTER IV.On the morning of the 25th of September, 1493, all was in readiness for the second voyage. The fleet, consisting of seventeen vessels, large and small, was at anchor in the bay...
9. CHAPTER II.An enterprise so vast and hazardous as that proposed by Columbus was not likely to receive adequate assistance from any private benefactor. Though the Portuguese had long been c...
12. CHAPTER V.The circumstances attending the disembarking of Columbus on his return after the second voyage were of a nature to emphasize rather than allay the popular opinion that had been...
8. CHAPTER I.At the northwest corner of the Italian peninsula the coast-line, as it approaches the French border, bends around to the west in such a way as to form a kind of rounded angle, w...
13. CHAPTER VI.The arrival of Columbus in chains at the port of Cadiz produced a deep sensation. It was but natural that there should be an instantaneous reaction in his favour. Even those who...
14. CHAPTER VII.The career of Columbus was now practically at an end. From the port he went to Seville, where, broken in health as well as in spirit, he was obliged to remain for nearly four mo...
3. CHAPTER III. THE FIRST VOYAGE. [Aug. 3, 1492--March 15, 1493] 74-128Crew for the First Voyage, 74.--The Vessels, 76.--Setting sail, 77. --Columbus’s Diary and Letters, 77.--Repairs of the “Pinta,” 79.-- Traditions of the Islanders, 80.--On the V...
2. CHAPTER II. ATTEMPTS TO SECURE ASSISTANCE. [1484-1492] 34-73Necessity of Assistance, 34.--Improbability that he applied to Genoa and Venice, 35.--Applications to Portugal, England, and France, 36.--Attitude of Portugal, 37.--Departure of...
4. CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND VOYAGE. [Sept. 25, 1493-June 11, 1496] 129-170Character of the Crew, 129.--The Grand Canary, 130.--The Caribbees, 130.--Warlike Character of the Natives, 131.--Sailing for La Navidad, 133.--Gloomy Forebodings, 135.--Total L...
6. CHAPTER VI. THE FOURTH VOYAGE. [May 9, 1502-Nov. 7, 1504] 205-234Reception by the Public, 205.--Attitude of the Monarchs, 206.-- Speech of the Queen, 207.--The Letter of Columbus, 210.--Character of the Settlers, 211.--Gradual Opening of the...
7. CHAPTER VII. LAST DAYS.--DEATH, CHARACTER. [1504-1506] 235-257Columbus at Seville, 235.--His Letters, 236.--His Complaints, 237. --Americus Vespucius, 237.--Columbus’s Last Will, 238.--Death, at Valladolid, 239.--Uncertainty as to Place of...
1. CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS. [1446-1484] 1-33Genoa, 1.--Place of Birth, 2.--Time of Birth, 4.--Family, 6. --Early Studies, 7.--Early Maritime Experience, 9.--Piratical Expeditions, 10.--Voyage to Africa, 11.--Voyage to Ice...
5. CHAPTER V. THE THIRD VOYAGE. [May 30, 1498-October 1500] 171-204Arrival Home, 171.--Reception by the Monarchs, 172.--Delay in fitting out the Third Expedition, 174.--Sailing of the Fleet, 177. --Discovery of the Mainland, 178.--Geographical...