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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
This repulse made him have recourse to King John the Second , of Portugal , who having caused the matter to be examined by those that had the direction of the discoveries along the coast of Africa , by their advice he held him in suspense till he had sent out a caravel with private orders to attempt this discovery . This caravel having wandered long in the wide ocean , and suffered much b y storms , returned without finding any thing . Columbus , understanding what had been donere «
, sented it so highly that , in hatred to Portugal , he resolved to go over to Castile , and offer his service there ; but , for fear of any disappointment , at the same time he sent his brother , Bartholomew Columbus , into England , to make the same overture to King Henry the Seventh . His brother had the ill fortune to be taken at sea by pirates , which much retarded his coming to the court of Englandwherewhen
, , he at last came , being poor and destitute of friends , it was long before he could be heard , or at least be looked upon ; so that , in fine , Columbus was sailed before he returned to Spain with his answer . Columbus , ia the mean while , stole away out of Portugal , and coming to the court of Ferdinand and Isabel , king and queen of Castile and Arragon , he there spent ei ght years soliciting with little hopes , and many difficulties ;
' till at last , when he had utterly despaired of success , he met with it , through the assistance of some few friends he had gained at court . At his earnest suit he had all the conditions he required granted , which were , that he should be admiral of all those seas he discovered , and viceroy and governor-general of all the lands ; that he should have the tenth of all things whatsoever brought from those parts ; and that he might
at all times be an ei ghth part in all fleets sent thither , and to receive the ei ghth of all the returns . And this to him and his heirs for ever . With these titles , and sufficient power from the queen , who espoused the undertaking , he repaired to the port of Palos de Moguer , on the coast of Andaluzia , where there was furnished for him a shi p called the St . Mary , and two caravels , the one called La Pinta , commanded b y
Martin Alonzo Pinzon , and the other La Nina , by Vincent Yanez Pihzon . In these vessels he had ninety men , and provisions for a year ; and thus equipped he sailed from Palos de Moguer . Anno 1492 . On the 23 d of August , directing his course to the Canary Islands , where he made a new rudder to the caravel Pinta , which had hers broke off at sea , he took in fresh provisions , wood , and Water , with all
possible expedition ; and on the 6 th of September put to sea again , steering due west , and on the 7 th lost si ght of land . The 11 th , at 150 leagues distance from the island of Ferro , they saw a great piece of a mast drove by the current , which set strong towards the north ; and the 14 th the admiral observed the variation of the needle to the westward about two points . On Sunday the 16 th , the men were surto and
prised see green yellow weeds scattered about in small parcelson the superficies of the water , as if it had been newly torn off from some island or rock ; and the next day they saw much more , which made them conclude they were near hind , and others supposing it to be only rocks or shoals , began to murmur . Every day they saw some birds -flying near the ships , and abundance of weeds in the water VOL . II . " X * .
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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
This repulse made him have recourse to King John the Second , of Portugal , who having caused the matter to be examined by those that had the direction of the discoveries along the coast of Africa , by their advice he held him in suspense till he had sent out a caravel with private orders to attempt this discovery . This caravel having wandered long in the wide ocean , and suffered much b y storms , returned without finding any thing . Columbus , understanding what had been donere «
, sented it so highly that , in hatred to Portugal , he resolved to go over to Castile , and offer his service there ; but , for fear of any disappointment , at the same time he sent his brother , Bartholomew Columbus , into England , to make the same overture to King Henry the Seventh . His brother had the ill fortune to be taken at sea by pirates , which much retarded his coming to the court of Englandwherewhen
, , he at last came , being poor and destitute of friends , it was long before he could be heard , or at least be looked upon ; so that , in fine , Columbus was sailed before he returned to Spain with his answer . Columbus , ia the mean while , stole away out of Portugal , and coming to the court of Ferdinand and Isabel , king and queen of Castile and Arragon , he there spent ei ght years soliciting with little hopes , and many difficulties ;
' till at last , when he had utterly despaired of success , he met with it , through the assistance of some few friends he had gained at court . At his earnest suit he had all the conditions he required granted , which were , that he should be admiral of all those seas he discovered , and viceroy and governor-general of all the lands ; that he should have the tenth of all things whatsoever brought from those parts ; and that he might
at all times be an ei ghth part in all fleets sent thither , and to receive the ei ghth of all the returns . And this to him and his heirs for ever . With these titles , and sufficient power from the queen , who espoused the undertaking , he repaired to the port of Palos de Moguer , on the coast of Andaluzia , where there was furnished for him a shi p called the St . Mary , and two caravels , the one called La Pinta , commanded b y
Martin Alonzo Pinzon , and the other La Nina , by Vincent Yanez Pihzon . In these vessels he had ninety men , and provisions for a year ; and thus equipped he sailed from Palos de Moguer . Anno 1492 . On the 23 d of August , directing his course to the Canary Islands , where he made a new rudder to the caravel Pinta , which had hers broke off at sea , he took in fresh provisions , wood , and Water , with all
possible expedition ; and on the 6 th of September put to sea again , steering due west , and on the 7 th lost si ght of land . The 11 th , at 150 leagues distance from the island of Ferro , they saw a great piece of a mast drove by the current , which set strong towards the north ; and the 14 th the admiral observed the variation of the needle to the westward about two points . On Sunday the 16 th , the men were surto and
prised see green yellow weeds scattered about in small parcelson the superficies of the water , as if it had been newly torn off from some island or rock ; and the next day they saw much more , which made them conclude they were near hind , and others supposing it to be only rocks or shoals , began to murmur . Every day they saw some birds -flying near the ships , and abundance of weeds in the water VOL . II . " X * .