Irving's Works: The life and voyages of Christopher ColumbusG. P. Putnam's sons, 1866 |
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abounded admiral Almirante Alonso de Ojeda anchored Andalusia appeared arrived Asia beautiful beheld boat cacique called canoes Cape caravel Caribs Casas Castilian CHAPTER Cibao Cipango coast Colum Columbus gave command continued course court crew Cuba decad Diego discovered discovery distance enterprise expedition favorable Fernando fish forests fortress friar gave the name Genoa gold Granada Guacanagari harbor Heaven Herrera Hispaniola Hist honor Indians inhabitants Isabella island Juan kind king land leagues letter Lisbon lofty los Palacios Lucayan lumbus Marco Polo mariners Martin Alonzo Pinzon mind Moguer monarch morning mountains natives Navarrete navigation night observed ocean Ojeda Oviedo Palacios Palos Peter Martyr Pinta port Portugal Portuguese present princes Ptolemy queen region river royal sail savage sent Seville ships shore sovereigns Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit supposed tion took trees various vessel village VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS wind wonderful
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Seite 194 - On landing he threw himself on his knees, kissed the earth, and returned thanks to God with tears of joy. His example was followed by the rest, whose hearts indeed overflowed with the same feelings of gratitude.
Seite 190 - ... tranquil ocean, cheering their hopes continually with fresh signs, increasing as their fears augmented, and thus leading and guiding them to a promised land. He now reminded them of the orders he had given on leaving the Canaries, that, after sailing westward seven hundred leagues, they should not make sail after midnight. Present appearances authorized such a precaution. He thought it probable they would make land that very night ; he ordered, therefore, a vigilant look-out to be kept from the...
Seite 326 - Indians, painted according to their savage fashion, and decorated with their national ornaments of gold. After these were borne various kinds of live parrots, together with stuffed birds and animals of unknown species, and rare plants supposed to be of precious qualities ; while great care was taken to make a conspicuous display of Indian coronets, bracelets, and other decorations of gold, which might give an idea of the wealth of the newly discovered regions.
Seite 194 - F. and Y., the initials of the Castilian monarchs Fernando and Ysabel, surmounted by crowns. As he approached the shore. Columbus, who was disposed for all kinds of agreeable impressions, was delighted with the purity and suavity of the atmosphere, the crystal transparency of the sea, and the extraordinary beauty of the vegetation.
Seite 195 - The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant transports. They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forward to destruction ; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy. They thronged around the admiral with overflowing zeal, some embracing him, others kissing his hands.
Seite 191 - They saw it once or twice afterwards in sudden and passing gleams, as if it were a torch in the bark of a fisherman, rising and sinking with the waves...
Seite 329 - Deum laudamus, chanted by the choir of the royal chapel, with the accompaniment of instruments, rose in full body of sacred harmony ; bearing up, as it were, the feelings and thoughts of the auditors to Heaven, " so that," says the venerable Las Casas, " it seemed as if in that hour they communicated with celestial delight.
Seite 326 - It was about the middle of April that Columbus arrived at Barcelona, where every preparation had been made to give him a solemn and magnificent reception. The beauty and serenity of the weather, in that genial season and favored climate, contributed to give splendor to this memorable ceremony. As he...
Seite 191 - What a bewildering crowd of conjectures must have thronged upon his mind as to the land which lay before him, covered with darkness. That it was fruitful was evident, from the vegetables which floated from its shores. He thought, too, that he perceived in the balmy air the fragrance of aromatic groves. The moving light which he had beheld had proved that it was the residence of man.
Seite 78 - In the year 1477, in February, I navigated one hundred leagues beyond Thule, the southern part of which is seventy-three degrees distant from the equator, and not sixty-three, as some pretend ; neither is it situated within the line which includes the west of Ptolemy, but is much more westerly.