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Christopher Columbus

by Justin Winsor

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Author
Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897
Title
Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery
Credits
Produced by Julia Miller, Matthias Grammel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Pictorial works
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42059
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42059
Release Date
February 10, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
  2. 2.CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I. — SOURCES, AND THE GATHERERS OF THEM.
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. — BIOGRAPHERS AND PORTRAITISTS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. — THE ANCESTRY AND HOME OF COLUMBUS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. — THE UNCERTAINTIES OF THE EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. — THE ALLUREMENTS OF PORTUGAL.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. — COLUMBUS IN PORTUGAL.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. — WAS COLUMBUS IN THE NORTH?
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. — COLUMBUS LEAVES PORTUGAL FOR SPAIN.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. — THE FINAL AGREEMENT AND THE FIRST VOYAGE, 1492.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. — AMONG THE ISLANDS AND THE RETURN VOYAGE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. — COLUMBUS IN SPAIN AGAIN; MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, 1493.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. — THE SECOND VOYAGE. — 1493-1494.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. — THE SECOND VOYAGE, CONTINUED. — 1494.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. — THE SECOND VOYAGE, CONTINUED. — 1494-1496.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. — IN SPAIN, 1496-1498. — DA GAMA, VESPUCIUS, CABOT.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. — THE THIRD VOYAGE. — 1498-1500.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. — THE DEGRADATION AND DISHEARTENMENT OF COLUMBUS. — 1500.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. — COLUMBUS AGAIN IN SPAIN. — 1500-1502.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. — THE FOURTH VOYAGE. — 1502-1504.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XX. — COLUMBUS'S LAST YEARS.—DEATH AND CHARACTER. — 1504-1506.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. — THE DESCENT OF COLUMBUS'S HONORS.
  24. 24.THE COLUMBUS PEDIGREE.
  25. 25.APPENDIX. — THE GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS.
  26. 26.INDEX.

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