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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
to seek them out , " and taking seven Indians , that they mightleam Spanish , sailed on the 15 th to another island , which he called the Conception , seven leagues from the other . The 16 th he proceeded to another island , and called it Fernandina , and so to a fourth , to which he gave the name of Isabella ; but finding nothing more in these than in the first , he proceeded on to the island of Cubawhich he called Juana
, , and entered the port on the east end , called Baracoa ; whence , after sending two men- to discover without finding what he sought for , he went on to Hispaniola , and anchored on the north side of it . Here the admiral finding there were gold mines , and plenty of cotton , the people simple , and one of their caciques , or princes , shewing all tokens of love and affection , and having lost his own ship , which through
carelessness , of the sailors in the ni g ht run upon a sand , he resolved to build a fort , which , with the assistance of the Indians , was performed in ten days , and called the Nativity . Here he left thirty-nine men , with provisions for a year , seeds to sow , baubles to trade with the natives , all the cannon and arms belonging to his own ship and the boat . This done he departed the port of the Nativity on the 4 th of January 1493 , steering eastward , and the 6 th discovered the caravel Pinta , which had left him some days before , the Captain hoping to get much gold to himself . Columbus having sailed some days
alonethe coast of the island , discovering more of it , " and trafficking with the ' natives , and seeing some other islands at a distance , at length launched out to sea to return for Spain . In the way they struggled ' with the dreadfullest storms any- of them had ever seen , which separated the admiral from the caravel Pinta , so that he saw her no more ; but at last it pleased God to bring his shattered caravel into the river of Lisbonwhere the
, people flocked with admiration to see him , and some advised the king of Portugal to murder him ; but he , having enter- ' tained him , generously dismissed him ; and Columbus puttino- to sea . again , arrived safe at Palos , from whence he set out on the 15 th of March , having been out six months and a half upon his discovery . The court was then at Barcelonawhither the admiral repaired ing
, , carry with him the Indians he brought , some gold , and other samples of what the discovery afforded .. The king and queen received him with all possible demonstrations of honour , making him sit down in their presence , and ordering all the privileges and titles before granted him to be confirmed . After some time spent in these entertainments , the admiral desired to be fitted out as became his dignityto and
, conquer plant those new countries , which was granted , and he departed for Seville to set out on his second voyage , which we are to speak of next : we have bjen very particular in this , because , being the first , it required a more exaft account to be given of it , and shall therefore be more succinct in those that follow .
Anno 1493 . A fleet of seventeen sail of all sorts was fitted out at Seville , well' furnished with provisions , ammunition , cannon , corn-,-seeds , marcs , and horses ; tools to work in the gold mines , and abundance of commodities to barter with the natives . There were aboard 1 ^ 60 men , many of them labouring people and artificers , sevenl y-cn-X x 3 * ' '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
to seek them out , " and taking seven Indians , that they mightleam Spanish , sailed on the 15 th to another island , which he called the Conception , seven leagues from the other . The 16 th he proceeded to another island , and called it Fernandina , and so to a fourth , to which he gave the name of Isabella ; but finding nothing more in these than in the first , he proceeded on to the island of Cubawhich he called Juana
, , and entered the port on the east end , called Baracoa ; whence , after sending two men- to discover without finding what he sought for , he went on to Hispaniola , and anchored on the north side of it . Here the admiral finding there were gold mines , and plenty of cotton , the people simple , and one of their caciques , or princes , shewing all tokens of love and affection , and having lost his own ship , which through
carelessness , of the sailors in the ni g ht run upon a sand , he resolved to build a fort , which , with the assistance of the Indians , was performed in ten days , and called the Nativity . Here he left thirty-nine men , with provisions for a year , seeds to sow , baubles to trade with the natives , all the cannon and arms belonging to his own ship and the boat . This done he departed the port of the Nativity on the 4 th of January 1493 , steering eastward , and the 6 th discovered the caravel Pinta , which had left him some days before , the Captain hoping to get much gold to himself . Columbus having sailed some days
alonethe coast of the island , discovering more of it , " and trafficking with the ' natives , and seeing some other islands at a distance , at length launched out to sea to return for Spain . In the way they struggled ' with the dreadfullest storms any- of them had ever seen , which separated the admiral from the caravel Pinta , so that he saw her no more ; but at last it pleased God to bring his shattered caravel into the river of Lisbonwhere the
, people flocked with admiration to see him , and some advised the king of Portugal to murder him ; but he , having enter- ' tained him , generously dismissed him ; and Columbus puttino- to sea . again , arrived safe at Palos , from whence he set out on the 15 th of March , having been out six months and a half upon his discovery . The court was then at Barcelonawhither the admiral repaired ing
, , carry with him the Indians he brought , some gold , and other samples of what the discovery afforded .. The king and queen received him with all possible demonstrations of honour , making him sit down in their presence , and ordering all the privileges and titles before granted him to be confirmed . After some time spent in these entertainments , the admiral desired to be fitted out as became his dignityto and
, conquer plant those new countries , which was granted , and he departed for Seville to set out on his second voyage , which we are to speak of next : we have bjen very particular in this , because , being the first , it required a more exaft account to be given of it , and shall therefore be more succinct in those that follow .
Anno 1493 . A fleet of seventeen sail of all sorts was fitted out at Seville , well' furnished with provisions , ammunition , cannon , corn-,-seeds , marcs , and horses ; tools to work in the gold mines , and abundance of commodities to barter with the natives . There were aboard 1 ^ 60 men , many of them labouring people and artificers , sevenl y-cn-X x 3 * ' '