CHAPTER XVII.--The Failing Health of Columbus--His Fourth

Voyage--Martinique, Porto Rico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama--His Search for a Channel across the Isthmus--He predicts an Eclipse of the Moon at Jamaica--His Return--The Death of Isabella--Columbus Penniless at Valladolid--His Death--His Four Burials--The Injustice of the World towards Columbus--Christopher Pigeon--Amerigo Vespucci--The New World named America--Errors of Modern Historians--The District of Columbia--John Cabot in Labrador--Sebastian Cabot in Hudson's Bay--Vincent Yanez Pinzon at the Mouths of the Amazon 168