The Life of Christopher Columbus, by Edward Everett Hale
by Edward Everett Hale
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
- Title
- The Life of Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals and Other Documents of His Time
- Credits
- Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 1492
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1492
- Release Date
- February 15, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FROM HIS OWN LETTERS AND JOURNALS — AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF HIS TIME.
- 2.by EDWARD EVERETT HALE, — [This was originally done on the 400th Anniversary of 1492, as was the great Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Interesting how our heroes have all been de-canonized in the interest of Political Correctitude] —Comments by Michael S. Hart
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS. — THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
- 5.CHAPTER I. — EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS.
- 6.CHAPTER II. — HIS PLANS FOR DISCOVERY.
- 7.CHAPTER III. — THE GREAT VOYAGE.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE LANDING ON THE TWELFTH OF OCTOBER
- 9.CHAPTER V. — LANDING ON CUBA
- 10.CHAPTER VI. — DISCOVERY OF HAYTI OR HISPANIOLA
- 11.CHAPTER VII. — COLUMBUS IS CALLED TO MEET THE KING AND QUEEN
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE SECOND EXPEDITION SAILS
- 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE NEW COLONY
- 14.CHAPTER X. — THE THIRD VOYAGE.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. — SPAIN, 1500, 1501.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. — FOURTH VOYAGE.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. — TWO SAD YEARS
- 18.APPENDIX A.
- 19.SUMMARY.
- 20.APPENDIX B.
- 21.APPENDIX C.
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