Select letters of Christopher Columbus

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Author

Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506

Title

Select letters of Christopher Columbus : With other original documents relating to his four voyages to the New World

Original Publication

London: The Hakluyt Society, 1870.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Correspondence

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77820

Release Date

January 30, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.INSTRUCTIONS TO BINDER.
3. 3.COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.A POEM COMPOSED BY GIULIANO DATI IN 1493, [FROM COLUMBUS’S FIRST LETTER,] And sung in Florence to announce the discovery of the New World. — LA LETTERA DELLISOLE CHE HA TROVATO NUOVAMENTE IL RE DISPAGNA.
7. 7.BIBLIOGRAPHY. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.SELECT LETTERS OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. ETC.
9. 9.FIRST VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS.⁠ [26] — A Letter sent by Columbus to [Luis de Santangel] Chancellor of the Exchequer [of Aragon], respecting the Islands found in the Indies, enclosing another for their Highnesses. — Esta Carta embió Colon al Escrivano de Racion de las Islas halladas en las Indias. Contenida la otra de Sus Altezas. — FOOTNOTES: — SECOND VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS. — A Letter addressed to the Chapter of Seville by Dr. Chanca,⁠ [108] native of that city, and physician to the fleet of Columbus, in his second voyage to the West Indies, describing the principal events which occurred during that voyage. — SEGUNDA VIAGE DE COLON. — La Carta del Doctor Chanca, que escribió a la Ciudad de Sevilla. — FOOTNOTES: — MEMORIAL. — Memorial of the results of the Second Voyage of the Admiral, Christopher Columbus, to the Indies, drawn up by him for their Highnesses King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella; and addressed to Antonio de Torres, from the City of Isabella, the 30th of January, 1494. The reply of their Highnesses is affixed at the end of each chapter. ⁠ [151] — MEMORIAL — Que para los Reyes Católicos dió el Almirante D. Cristobal Colon, en la ciudad Isabela, á 30 de Enero de 1494 á Antonio de Torres, sobre el suceso de su segundo viage á las Indias; y al final de cada capítulo la respuesta de sus Altezas. — FOOTNOTES: — THIRD VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS. — Narrative of the Voyage which Don Christopher Columbus made the third time that he came to the Indies, when he discovered terra firma, as he sent it to their Majesties from the Island of Hispaniola. — TERCER VIAGE DE COLON. — La historia del viage quel Almirante D. Cristobal Colon hizo la tercera vez que vino á las Indias cuando descubrió la tierra firme, como lo envió á los Reyes desde la Isla Española. — FOOTNOTES: — LETTER — Of the Admiral to the (quondam) nurse⁠ [189] of the Prince John, written near the end of the year 1500. — CARTA — Del Almirante al ama (que habia sido) del Principe D. Juan, escrita hacia fines del año 1500. — FOOTNOTES: — FOURTH VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS. — A Letter written by Don Christopher Columbus, Viceroy and Admiral of the Indies, to the most Christian and mighty Sovereigns, the King and Queen of Spain, in which are described the events of his voyage, and the countries, provinces, cities, rivers, and other marvellous matters therein discovered, as well as the places where gold and other substances of great richness and value are to be found. — CUARTO VIAGE DE COLON. — Carta que escribió D. Cristóbal Colon, Virey y Almirante de las Indias, á los Cristianísimos y muy poderosos Rey y Reina de España, nuestros Señores, en que les notifica cuanto le ha acontecido en su viage; y las tierras, provincias, ciudades, rios y otras cosas maravillosas, y donde hay minas de oro en mucha cantidad, y otras cosas de gran riqueza y valor. — FOOTNOTES: — A NARRATIVE — Given by Diego Mendez [in his will] of some events that occurred in the last voyage of the Admiral Don Christopher Columbus. — RELACION — Hecha por Diego Mendez, de algunos acontecimientos del último viage del Almirante Don Cristóbal Colon. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.INDEX.

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