CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BIRTH OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS — HIS EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION— HIS 

 FIRST VOYAGE — HIS MARRIAGE— HIS MARITIME CONTEMPLATIONS — HE MAKES 

 PROPOSALS TO THE SENATE OF GENOA, THE COURT OF VENICE, AND THE KING 

 OF PORTUGAL — THE DUPLICITY OF THE LATTER — COLUMBUS VISITS SPAIN- 

 JUAN DE MARCHENA — COLUMBUS REPAIRS TO CORDOVA— HIS SECOND MAR- 

 RIAGE — HIS LETTER TO THE KING — THE JUNTO OF SALAMANCA — COLUMBUS 

 RESOLVES TO SHAKE THE DUST OF SPAIN FROM HIS FEET — MARCHENA's 



LETTER TO ISABELLA — THE QUEEN GIVES AUDIENCE TO COLUMBUS THE 



CONDITIONS STIPULATED BY THE LATTER — ISABELLA ACCEPTS THE ENTER- 

 PRISE, WHILE FERDINAND REMAINS ALOOF. 



Cristofero Colombo (in Spanish Colon, in French Co- 



lomb, in Latin and English Columbus) was born in Genoa, in 



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