The Life of Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time
CHAPTER XII. FOURTH VOYAGE.
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 Its Fate--Columbus Sails Westward --Discovers Honduras, and Coasts Along Its Shores --The Search for Gold--Colony Attempted and Abandoned --The Vessels Become Unseaworthy--Refuge at Jamaica--Mutiny Led by the Brothers Porras--Messages to San Domingo--The Eclipse--Arrival of Relief --Columbus Returns to San Domingo, and to Spain