The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals | Page 4

the direction of the studies of the young. EDWARD E.
HALE. ROXBURY, MASS., June 1st, 1891.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER 1.

EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS. His Birth and Birth-place-His Early
Education-His experience at Sea-His Marriage and Residence in
Lisbon-- His Plans for the Discovery of a Westward Passage to the
Indies
CHAPTER II.
HIS PLANS FOR DISCOVERY. Columbus Leaves Lisbon, and Visits
Genoa--Visits Great Spanish Dukes -For Six Years is at the Court of
Ferdinand and Isabella-The Council of Salamanca-His Petition is at
Last Granted -Squadron Made Ready
CHAPTER III.
THE GREAT VOYAGE. The Squadron Sails-Refits at Canary
Islands-Hopes and Fears of the Voyage -The Doubts of the Crew--
Land Discovered
CHAPTER IV.
The Landing on the Twelfth of October -The Natives and their
Neighbors -Search for Gold-Cuba Discovered Columbus Coasts Along
its Shores
CHAPTER V.
Landing on Cuba -The Cigar and Tobacco -Cipango and the Great
Khan -From Cuba to Hayti-Its Shores and Harbors
CHAPTER VI.
Discovery of Hayti or Hispaniola -The Search for Gold-- Hospitality
and Intelligence of the Natives--Christmas Day -A Shipwreck--Colony
to be Founded -Columbus Sails East and Meets Martin Pinzon-The
Two Vessels Return to Europe -Storm -The Azores-- Portugal -Home
CHAPTER VII.

Columbus is Called to Meet the King and Queen -His Magnificent
Reception -Negotiations with the Pope and with the King of
Portugal--Second Expedition Ordered -Fonseca -The Preparations at
Cadiz
CHAPTER VIII.
The Second Expedition Sails From Cadiz-Touches at Canary Islands
-Discovery of Dominica and Guadeloupe -Skirmishes with the Caribs
-Porto Rico Discovered --Hispaniola -The Fate of the Colony at La
Navidad
CHAPTER IX.
The New Colony-Expeditions of Discovery -Guacanagari-- Search for
Gold-Mutiny in the Colony-The Vessels Sent Home--Columbus
Marches Inland-- Collection of Gold--Fortress of St. Thomas--A New
Voyage of Discovery--Jamaica Visited -The South Shore of Cuba
Explored -Return -Evangelista Discovered --Columbus Falls Sick
-Return to Isabella
CHAPTER X.
THE THIRD VOYAGE. Letter to the King and Queen--Discovery of
Trinidad and Paria -Curious Speculation as to the Earthly Paradise
-Arrival at San Domingo -Rebellions and Mutinies in that
Island-Roldan and His Followers--Ojeda and His Expedition--Arrival
of Bobadilla -Columbus a Prisoner
CHAPTER XI.
SPAIN, 1500, 1502. A Cordial Reception in Spain--Columbus
Favorably Received at Court-New Interest in Geographical
Discovery-His Plans for the Redemption of the Holy Sepulchre
-Preparations for a Fourth Expedition
CHAPTER XII.

FOURTH VOYAGE. The Instructions Given for the Voyage--He is to
go to the Mainland of the Indies--A Short Passage -Ovando Forbids the
Entrance of Columbus into Harbor Bobadilla's Squadron and Its Fate
-Columbus Sails Westward --Discovers Honduras, and Coasts Along
Its Shores --The Search for Gold -Colony Attempted and Abandoned
--The Vessels Become Unseaworthy -Refuge at Jamaica -Mutiny Led
by the Brothers Porras -Messages to San Domingo -The Eclipse
-Arrival of Relief --Columbus Returns to San Domingo, and to Spain
CHAPTER XIII.
Two Sad Years -Isabella's Death -Columbus at Seville-- His Illness
-Letters to the King -journeys to Segovia --Salamanca and Valladolid
-His Suit There --Philip and Juana -Columbus Executes His
Will--Dies--His Burial and the Removal of His Body -His Portraits--
His Character
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C

THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY LIFE OF COLUMBUS. HIS BIRTH AND
BIRTH-PLACE--HIS EARLY EDUCATION--HIS EXPERIENCE AT
SEA--HIS MARRIAGE AND RESIDENCE IN LISBON--HIS PLANS
FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A WESTWARD PASSAGE TO THE
INDIES.
Christopher Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa. The honor
of his birth-place has been claimed by many villages in that Republic,
and the house in which he was born cannot be now pointed out with

certainty. But the best authorities agree that the children and the grown
people of the world have never been mistaken when they have said:
"America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, a native
of Genoa."
His name, and that of his family, is always written Colombo, in the
Italian papers which refer to them, for more than one hundred years
before his time. In Spain it was always written Colon; in France it is
written as Colomb; while in England it has always kept its Latin form,
Columbus. It has frequently been said that he himself assumed this
form, because Columba is the Latin word for "Dove," with a fanciful
feeling that, in carrying Christian light to the West, he had taken the
mission of the dove. Thus, he had first found land where men thought
there was ocean, and he was the messenger of the Holy Spirit to those
who sat in darkness. It has also been assumed that he took the name of
Christopher, "the Christ-bearer," for similar reasons. But there is no
doubt that he was baptized "Christopher," and that the family name had
long been Columbo. The coincidences of name are but two more in a
calendar in which poetry delights, and of which history is full.
Christopher Columbus was the oldest son of Dominico Colombo