Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery
AND HOW HE RECEIVED AND IMPARTED THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY
JUSTIN WINSOR
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.— Psalms , cvii. 23, 24
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1891
Copyright, 1891, By JUSTIN WINSOR. All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
To FRANCIS PARKMAN, LL.D.,
The Historian of New France.
Justin Winsor
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
SOURCES, AND THE GATHERERS OF THEM.
BIOGRAPHERS AND PORTRAITISTS.
THE ANCESTRY AND HOME OF COLUMBUS.
THE UNCERTAINTIES OF THE EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS.
THE ALLUREMENTS OF PORTUGAL.
COLUMBUS IN PORTUGAL.
WAS COLUMBUS IN THE NORTH?
COLUMBUS LEAVES PORTUGAL FOR SPAIN.
THE FINAL AGREEMENT AND THE FIRST VOYAGE, 1492.
AMONG THE ISLANDS AND THE RETURN VOYAGE.
COLUMBUS IN SPAIN AGAIN; MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, 1493.
THE SECOND VOYAGE.
THE SECOND VOYAGE, CONTINUED.
THE SECOND VOYAGE, CONTINUED.
IN SPAIN, 1496-1498.
THE THIRD VOYAGE.
THE DEGRADATION AND DISHEARTENMENT OF COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS AGAIN IN SPAIN.
THE FOURTH VOYAGE.
COLUMBUS'S LAST YEARS.—DEATH AND CHARACTER.
THE DESCENT OF COLUMBUS'S HONORS.
THE GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS.