Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia: Being a Concordance of Choice Tributes to the Great Genoese, His Grand Discovery, and His Greatness of Mind and Purpose. The Testimony of Ancient Authors, the Tributes of Modern Men ...Rand, McNally, 1892 - 397 pages |
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... navigator . In 1470 he arrived at Lisbon , after being wrecked in a sea fight that began off Cape St. Vincent , and escaping to land on a plank . In Portugal he married Felipa Moņiz de Perestrello , daughter of Bartollomeu Perestrello ...
... navigator . In 1470 he arrived at Lisbon , after being wrecked in a sea fight that began off Cape St. Vincent , and escaping to land on a plank . In Portugal he married Felipa Moņiz de Perestrello , daughter of Bartollomeu Perestrello ...
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... navigator's fortune . Cas- tille and Leon were in the thick of that struggle which resulted in the final defeat of the Moors ; and neither Ferdinand nor Isabella had time to listen . The adventurer was indeed kindly received ; he was ...
... navigator's fortune . Cas- tille and Leon were in the thick of that struggle which resulted in the final defeat of the Moors ; and neither Ferdinand nor Isabella had time to listen . The adventurer was indeed kindly received ; he was ...
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... navigator off an unknown island at night would stand on , even at the rate of one mile an hour , ignorant of what shoal or reefs might lie off the end of the island . The following from Las Casas ' epitome of the log is all the infor ...
... navigator off an unknown island at night would stand on , even at the rate of one mile an hour , ignorant of what shoal or reefs might lie off the end of the island . The following from Las Casas ' epitome of the log is all the infor ...
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... navigator in Spain or any other country . We must recollect that the enthusiasm created by the news of the dis- covery of America was far from being as great as people now imagine , and if we may judge from the silence of Spanish poets ...
... navigator in Spain or any other country . We must recollect that the enthusiasm created by the news of the dis- covery of America was far from being as great as people now imagine , and if we may judge from the silence of Spanish poets ...
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... navigator . The genial country of Dante and Buonarotti gave birth to Christopher Columbus , by whom these lessons ... navigators of Portu- gal had directed their explorations to the coast of Africa ; and when they had ascertained that ...
... navigator . The genial country of Dante and Buonarotti gave birth to Christopher Columbus , by whom these lessons ... navigators of Portu- gal had directed their explorations to the coast of Africa ; and when they had ascertained that ...
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Admiral Amerigo Vespucci Atlantic Bahamas Barcelona Bartolomeo Columbus Born Boston bronze brother caravels Castille Cat Island Catholic celebrated century Chicago Christian Christopher Columbus church civilization coast Colon Colum Columbia Columbus Monument continent court crew Cuba died Diego discovered discovery of America divine Domingo earth east empire England erected Espaņola Europe event eyes faith feet Friday genius Genoa Genoese glorious glory gold Guanahani Gulf of Paria hand heart heaven honor Huelva Indian Indies inscription Isabella Italian Juan King land letter liberty light Lisbon Madrid marble mariner Mass morocco nations navigator Niņa North o'er ocean October Old World orator Palos pedestal Pinzon poet portrait Portugal Queen Rábida sail sailor Salamanca San Salvador Santa Maria Santo Domingo Santoņa Seville ships shore soul Spain Spanish stands statue of Columbus thee thou tion unknown vessel voyage Washington Watling's Island West westward York
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Page 145 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word, And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.
Page 227 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say...
Page 369 - I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea.
Page 228 - Sail on! sail on! and on!" They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the mate: "This mad sea shows his teeth to-night. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt as a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Page 145 - Thy sunken eye's unearthly light To him is welcome as the sight Of sky and stars to prisoned men : Thy grasp is welcome as the hand Of brother in a foreign land ; Thy summons welcome as the cry That told the Indian isles were nigh To the world-seeking Genoese, When the land wind, from woods of palm, And orange groves, and fields of balm, Blew o'er the Haytian seas.
Page 197 - And disappointment's dry and bitter root, Envy's harsh berries, and the choking pool Of the world's scorn, are the right mother-milk To the tough hearts that pioneer their kind, And break a pathway to those unknown realms That in the earth's broad shadow lie enthralled ; Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts...
Page 53 - I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in Providence for the illumination of the ignorant, and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
Page 326 - I see one vast confederation stretching from the frozen North in unbroken line to the glowing South, and from the wild billows of the Atlantic westward to the calmer waters of the Pacific main,— and I see one people, and one language, and one law, and one faith, and, over all that wide continent, the home of freedom, and a refuge for the oppressed of every race and of every clime.
Page 342 - I shall call that my country, where I may most glorify God, and enjoy the presence of my dearest friends.
Page 230 - The great mystery of the ocean was revealed ; his theory, which had been the scoff of sages, was triumphantly established ; he had secured to himself a glory durable as the world itself. It is difficult to conceive the feelings of such a man, at such a moment ; or the conjectures which must have thronged upon his mind, as to the land before him, covered with darkness.