The Life of Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time

Columbus had been absent from Spain two years and six months. He returned broken in health, and the remaining two years of his life are only the sad history of his effort to rel...

THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN FOR THE VOYAGE--HE IS TO GO TO THE MAINLAND OF THE INDIES--A SHORT PASSAGE--OVANDO FORBIDS THE ENTRANCE OF COLUMBUS INTO HARBOR--BOBADILLA’S SQUADRON AND...

There is not in history a sharper contrast, or one more dramatic, than that between the first voyage of Columbus and the second. In the first voyage, three little ships left the...

--EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY--GUACANAGARI--SEARCH FOR GOLD--MUTINY IN THE COLONY--THE VESSELS SENT HOME--COLUMBUS MARCHES INLAND--COLLECTION OF GOLD--FORTRESS OF ST. THOMAS--A NEW...

LETTER TO THE KING AND QUEEN--DISCOVERY OF TRINIDAD AND PARIA--CURIOUS SPECULATION AS TO THE EARTHLY PARADISE--ARRIVAL AT SAN DOMINGO--REBELLIONS AND MUTINIES IN THAT ISLAND--RO...

On the sixth of December they crossed from the eastern cape of Cuba to the northwestern point of the island, which we call Hayti or San Domingo. He says he gave it this name bec...

It was on Friday, the twelfth of October, that they saw this island, which was an island of the Lucayos group, called, says Las Casas, “in the tongue of the Indians, Guanahani.”...

Christopher Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa. The honor of his birth-place has been claimed by many villages in that Republic, and the house in which he was born canno...

It has been supposed that when Columbus left Lisbon he was oppressed by debts. At a subsequent period, when King John wanted to recall him, he offered to protect him against any...

Columbus was right in insisting on wearing his chains. They became rather an ornament than a disgrace. So soon as it was announced in Spain that the great discoverer had been so...

At last all was ready. That is to say, the fleet was so far ready that Columbus was ready to start. The vessels were small, as we think of vessels, but he was not dissatisfied....

When Columbus landed, at some distance farther along the coast, he found the best houses he had yet seen, very large, like pavilions, and very neat within; not in streets but se...

The letter which Columbus sent from Lisbon to the king and queen was everywhere published. It excited the enthusiasm first of Spain and then of the world. This letter found in t...

The Instructions Given for the Voyage--He is to go to the Mainland of the Indies--A Short Passage--Ovando Forbids the Entrance of Columbus into Harbor Bobadilla’s Squadron and I...

Two Sad Years--Isabella’s Death--Columbus at Seville-- His Illness--Letters to the King--journeys to Segovia --Salamanca and Valladolid--His Suit There--Philip and Juana--Columb...

The New Colony--Expeditions of Discovery--Guacanagari-- Search for Gold--Mutiny in the Colony--The Vessels Sent Home--Columbus Marches Inland-- Collection of Gold--Fortress of S...

Letter to the King and Queen--Discovery of Trinidad and Paria--Curious Speculation as to the Earthly Paradise --Arrival at San Domingo--Rebellions and Mutinies in that Island-Ro...

Discovery of Hayti or Hispaniola--The Search for Gold-- Hospitality and Intelligence of the Natives--Christmas Day--A Shipwreck--Colony to be Founded--Columbus Sails East and Me...