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and John Boyd Thacher are of the opposite opinion. ^ 

 In general, it may be said that, before 1892, it was 

 not doubted that Columbus died in the conviction 



mentary History of the State of Maine" (Collections of the Maine 

 Historical Society, 2nd Series), Portland, 1869, pp. 149 and 238-239. See 

 also his "Asia and America," Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc, Worcester, 

 Mass., Vol. 21 (N. S.), 1911, pp. 284-338; reference on p. 290. 



Henry Stevens: Historical and Geographical Notes on the Earliest 

 Discoveries in America, i453-i530. New Haven, 1869, p. 33. 



H. H. Bancroft: Central America (History of the Pacific States of 

 North America, Vols. 1-3), 3 vols., San Francisco, 1882-87; reference in 

 Vol. I, p. 233. 



Francesco Tarducci: The Life of Christopher Columbus, transl. by 

 H. F. Brownson, 2 vols, in one, Detroit, 1891; reference in Vol. 2, pp. 

 219-220. 



C. K. Adams: Christopher Columbus, His Life and His Work, London, 

 1892, p. 255. 



Edward Channing: A History of the United States (5 vols, pubhshed. 

 1905-21), Vol. I, p. 18. 



J. E. Olson and E. G. Bourne, edits.: The Northmen, Columbus and 

 Cabot, 985-1503 (Original Narratives of Early American History), New 

 York, 1906; reference in section "Original Narratives of the Voyages of 

 Columbus," edited by E. G. Bourne, p. 397. 



H. P. Biggar: The New Columbus, Ann. Rept. Amer. Hist. Assoc, for 

 the Year 1912, Washington, 1914, pp. 95-104; reference on p. 104. 



C. R. Beazley : The Columbian Tradition on the Discovery of America, 

 [by] Henry Vignaud (a review), Geogr. Journ., Vol. 56, 1920, pp. 416-418. 



2 Justin Winsor: Christopher Columbus, and How He Received and 

 Imparted the Spirit of Discovery, Boston, 1891, pp. 296 and 437-476. 

 See also his "Cartier to Frontenac," Boston, 1894, pp. 1-4. 



Henry Harrisse: The Discovery of North America: A Critical, Docu- 

 mentary, and Historic InvCvStigation, London and Paris, 1892, p. 104. 



J. B. Thacher: Christopher Columbus: His Life, His Work, His Re- 

 mains, As Revealed by Original Printed and Manuscript Records, 3 vols.. 

 New York, 1903-04; reference in Vol. 2, pp. 568 and 617. 



Other writers who think Columbus believed that he had discovered a 

 new world are: 



A. J. Weise: The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525, New York. 

 1884, p. 154. 



C. R. Markham: Life of Christopher Columbus. London, 1892, 

 p. 283. 



