COLUMBUS 



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COLUMBUS 



colony he founded in Central America was 

 abandoned, his vessels, worn and rotted, gave 

 out at Jamaica, and there he with his followers 

 remained while a messenger set out in a canoe 

 for Santo Domingo to find help. Month after 

 month Columbus waited, but finally the mes- 

 senger returned with a vessel which he had 

 secured, and the little band of castaways set 

 sail for Spain. 



Through much of this voyage Columbus had 

 been ill, and affairs in Spain were not such as 

 to encourage him. Isabella died soon after his 

 arrival, and Fer- 

 dinand stead- 

 fastly refused to 

 interest himself 

 in any further 

 explorations or 

 in seeing that 

 Columbus re- 

 ceived his right- 

 ful recognition. 

 Disappointed 

 and worn out, 

 Columbus died 

 at Valladolid on 

 May 20, 1506. 

 He was buried 

 in a monastery 



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in Seville, but in 1542 his body and that of his 

 son Diego were removed to Santo Domingo, in 

 Haiti, and placed in the cathedral there. Two 

 centuries and a half later, in 1796, both bodies 

 were carried to Havana, but even there they 

 were not allowed to rest. When Spain lost Cuba 

 in 1898, these precious possessions, the body of 

 the greatest navigator who ever sailed in the 

 name of Spain, and that of his son, were borne 

 again to Seville, and there placed in the 

 cathedral. 



Summary. Far-seeing as he was, Columbus 

 could have no conception of, what his discov- 

 eries really meant to the world. That the 

 course of history would be entirely changed, 

 that prosperous, progressive nations should 

 grow up in the new hemisphere which he had 

 discovered, he never imagined. Other navi- 

 gators, convinced that the dangers of the open 

 sea were less than they had believed, made the 

 same voyage, and one, Americus Vespucius, 

 had the honor of giving his name to the great 

 new continent. But Vespucius had been a 

 friend of Columbus, and withheld nothing 

 due his memory. Efforts were once made to 

 change the name, to give honor where honor is 

 due and call the western world Columbia, but 



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Outline and Questions on 

 Columbus 



I. Years of Preparation 



(1) Birth and early life 



(2) Love of sea 



(3) Marriage 



II. The Great Idea 



(1) Belief of times as to shape of 



earth 



(2) Object of Columbus 



(3) Attempts to secure aid of 



(a) Genoese merchants 



(b) King of Portugal 



(c) King and queen of Spain 



III. His Voyages 



(1) First voyage 



(a) The journey 



(b) The discovery of the New 



World 



(2) Later voyages 



(a) Colonies on Espanola 



(b) Visit to South America 



(c) Malicious efforts of his ene- 



mies 



IV. Death and Burial 



(1) Grief over lack of recognition 



(2) Death 



(3) Burial at Seville 



(4) Subsequent removals of body 



V. Estimates 



(1) What he thought he had achieved 



(2) What he really had achieved 



(3) Honors shown him since his death 



(4) Why these are deserved 



Questions 



How old was Columbus when he dis- 

 covered America? 



Why was one of the buildings at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition known 

 as La Rabidaf 



In what places has the body of Col- 

 umbus lain? Why was it moved each 

 time? Where is it now? 



Why does Columbus deserve more 

 honor than any mere adventurer who 

 in the course of a voyage accidentally 

 discovers new territory? 



What were the ships of Columbus 

 called? What kind of ships were 

 they? Where may replicas of them 

 be seen? 



What was the idea of the people in 

 the time of Columbus as to the shape 

 of the earth? Was Columbus the first 

 to hold a different view? 



Why was the western hemisphere 

 not named after Columbus? 



With what event in the life of the 

 explorer does the poem Columbus in 

 Chains deal? What was the effect on 

 the people? 



For what countries was Columbus 

 seeking when he first set out? Did he 

 believe when his voyages were over 

 that he had found them? 



What happened in Spain whenever 

 he was absent for any length of time? 



What indications are there in his 

 early life that he was always fond of 

 the sea? 



What was the first land in the west- 

 ern hemisphere that he touched upon? 



What traveler had written descrip- 

 tions that influenced Columbus in his 

 ambitious desires? 



