History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Volume 2Lea & Blanchard, for G. W. Gorton, 1841 |
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Adelantado admiral afterwards Almirante Alonzo Amerigo Vespucci Anacaona appeared arms arrived authority boat Bobadilla Bonao brother cacique canoes caravel Carvajal Casas Christopher Columbus coast Colombo colony Colum Columbus command conduct court crew crown Cuba death Diego Mendez discovered discovery Don Bartholomew Don Diego Drogeo endeavoured enemies enterprise expedition father favour Ferdinand Fernando Fonseca gave Genoa gold governor Guanahani harbour Herrera Hispaniola Hist historians holy honour Idem Indians Isabella island Jamaica Juan Khan king labour land leagues letter lumbus Marco Polo natives Navarrete Ojeda Ovando Oviedo Paria perils persons Pinzon Porras port Portugal present prince provisions Quibian rebels received remained river Roldan royal sailed San Domingo San Salvador says sent Seville ships shore sovereigns Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit Spotorno squadron supposed taken tion took Turks Island various Veragua Vespucci vessels voyage wind Xaragua
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Page 56 - their majesties commanded me by letter to submit to whatever Bobadilla should order in their name ; by their authority he has put upon me these chains, I will wear them until they shall order them to be taken off, and I will preserve them afterwards as relics and memorials of the reward of my services.
Page 204 - Thus governed, his imagination, instead of exhausting itself in idle flights, lent aid to his judgment, and enabled him to form conclusions at which common minds could never have arrived, nay, which they could not perceive when pointed out. To his intellectual vision it was given to read...
Page 205 - ... the old world in magnitude, and separated by two vast oceans from all the earth hitherto known by civilized man! And how would his magnanimous spirit have been consoled, amidst the afflictions of age and the cares of penury, the neglect of a fickle public, and the injustice of an ungrateful king, could he have anticipated the splendid empires which were to spread over the beautiful world he had discovered; and the nations, and tongues, and languages which were to fill its lands with his renown,...
Page 201 - Columbus was a man of quick sensibility, liable to great excitement, to sudden and strong impressions, and powerful impulses. He was naturally irritable and impetuous, and keenly sensible to injury and injustice ; yet the quickness of his temper was counteracted by the benevolence and generosity of his heart. The magnanimity of his nature shone forth through all the troubles of his stormy career.