COLUMBUS THE MARINER.
Hubert Howe Bancroft, an American historian. Born at Granville, Ohio, 1832.
As a mariner and discoverer Columbus had no superior; as a colonist and governor he proved himself a failure. Had he been less pretentious and grasping, his latter days would have been more peaceful. Discovery was his infatuation; but he lacked practical judgment, and he brought upon himself a series of calamities.