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(which) occupied his attention . . . till the day of his 

 death. For the earlier years he had . . . not a little help 

 from Columbus himself." 



Let us now see what Thacher, the latest and most pro- 

 found of the biographers of Columbus, has to say as to 

 Peter Martyr's sources, and we have done with this part 

 of this paper. On p. 215 of volume II (1903), he says.: 

 ''The Admiral and some of his followers wrote to Peter 

 Martyr, and Peter Martyr thereupon wrote [a series of 

 letters] to an Italian Duke and to a few Cardinals." On 

 p. 218 , . Peter Martyr, who not only had access to all 

 l)iil>lic documents, but who himself corresponded with 

 Columbus." On p. 440 Thacher referring to Peter Mar- 

 t\'r speaks again of . . Personal correspondence with 

 till' Admiral. " 



( 'onfirmatory of all the preceding it may l)e notiMl that 

 the Spanish Jesuit, Nieremberg, professor of i)liysiology 

 in the Royal Academy of Madrid, in writing of the Ke- 

 vorsus, ({uotes Cliristoplier Columbus. It seems not un- 

 likely that he had in his day (his book was published in 

 1035) access to some of the Columbus manusci'ipts. m;iy 

 be to the journal of the second voyage. t';nTK'r tliim 



Nieremberg, Gesner (1558) on page 483 ri'Tci-s to hrist. 

 Colubus" as his authority for the story ol' \hr Imnliiig 

 fisli. Fiirthcnn..r.> 1 luinl).)l<lt (1^2fi) <|u..l.- Columlms 



on ihr .-K-tivilii.s nr tlu' h'rrrs. 



From a round. Tnt ion oT nil ihi^ trMinioiix. uo other 

 conclusion vau Ik- rcaclird than that I'd.-r Murtyr liad 

 t'l'oin Columlms's own lips or from his innuusci-i])! jiun-- 

 n;d of the second voyage (see reference to i'ei'diu.-iufrs 

 "Ilistorie" ou ]). 447), or from both, the .•utouiH of the 



