Christopher Columbus: His Life and His WorkAdams, Charles Kendall
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Christopher Columbus: His Life and His Work
Adams, Charles Kendall
Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506
Diaz, Bartholomew, discovers Cape of Good Hope, 22.
Diaz, Bernald, mutiny of, 152.
Discovery, first ideas of Columbus concerning, 32.
Discoveries of the Cabots and others, 213, 256.
England, application to, 36.
Fonseca, appointment of, to superintendency, 124;
unfriendliness to Columbus, 176.
France, application to, 36.
Genoa, probable place of Columbus’s birth, 1;
assistance, 33.
Gold, its place in the mind of Columbus, 98;
quest of, 147;
tribute for, 160;
reported discovery of, 184.
Guanahani, discovery and situation of, 87.
Iceland, probable voyage of Columbus to, 12, 28.
Indians, character of, 92, 148;
friendly nature of, 96;
attitude of Columbus toward, 102;
revolt of, 157, 160, 162;
friendliness of, 179.
Inquisition in Spain, 44.
Isabella, city of, founded, 140;
condition of, in 1500, 209.
Isabella, of Castile, attitude toward Columbus, 49;
judgment concerning Columbus, 207.
La Navidad, colony settled at, 96;
loss of colony, 135.
La Rabida, monastery of, 41;
visit of Columbus to, 62.
Las Casas, his judicious estimate of Columbus, 253.
Lisbon, home of Columbus, 13.
Mandeville, John de, writings of, 26.
Margarite, expedition of, 156;
return to Spain, 156.
Marriage of Columbus, 17.
Medina Celi, assists Columbus, 43, 59.
Mendez, Diego, daring sail from Jamaica, 230.
Moorish war, 46.
Moya, The Marchioness de, assistance of, 54.
Mutinous spirit in Isabella, 164.
Ojeda, expedition of, 142, 147, 157;
unfriendliness of, 193.
Ovando, succeeds Bobadilla, 215;
refuses hospitality to Columbus, 220;
shipwreck, 222;
grants hospitality, 234.
Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, 76;
his treachery and death, 115.
Piratical experiences of Columbus, 9.
Porras, Francisco de, revolt of, 231.
Portraits of Columbus, 249.
Portugal, refuses assistance, 39.
Prince Henry, 34.
Ptolemy, Geography of, 24.
Quintanilla, Alonzo de, 48.
Remains of Columbus at San Domingo, 241.
_Repartimientos_, establishment of, 161, 183.
Roldan, revolt of, 188;
settlement of difficulties, 191.
Salamanca, audience at, 49.
Slavery, proposed by Columbus, 144;
persisted in, 182, 194.
Sphericity of the earth, 22;
history of the doctrine, 23;
speculations of Columbus regarding, 180.
Talavera, 60, 64.
Tordesillas, treaty of, 128.
Toscanelli, letters of, 29.
Trinidad, discovery of, 178.
Venice, relations of, to Columbus, 35.
Vespucius, Americus, relations of, to Columbus, 237.
Voyage, the first, preparation for, 76;
preparation for the second, 125;
for the third, 171.
Watling’s Island, the place of the landfall, 89.
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