Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-01
FIRST VOYAGE @sUs TO A


The longest docum{ ned in this COL co
lection fNayarre,e.s nj New Docu- III
ments concerning Coh& minute anu y.
careful account Of lh$*ps t,st Uoyoee' e
! which is literary GU great intrihsl. ~ :,
interest. 1t is in the jQQrpal OF e"e !"
transactions and obsesf each day. a :: ::
bridged from the o:igf en by So'u" :,
bus himself, and introd IN explanatory =
prologue addressed to and Isabella.
Senior Savarrele acclG iscovereu '"''
invaluable manuscript, tchlng LOT a."
other purpose 10 the ar the Duke oe'
Infantado. Ii is, throS in the hang
writing of the celebrated8me de las Va
sas, who possessed many written by 70
lumbus, which he made q the compos.
ton Of his unpublished pie ms tndias. &
who unquestionably abs.r S lournaltrom I
the Admirals log-book, IL literal copy
OF the most important pasa Not the slishE
est doubt its a"lhenticiv xist Indeed
Las Casas inserted an a5rl4n OF |, IN us
manuscript history, which as the BASIS OF :
toe works Of Herrera and oil ndard histor'-
ans OF he New World
."The introduction Of the exhibits, III
the very words of Columbhe views ana
feelings with which he set bn this me m
orable voyage. We translate rd for word'
leaving the original arrangekbf the senteh
ces untouched. because it ,Pbe difficult 10
break them without takih| bus liberties
with the text.
SIN nomine ID n. Jesu fi.-Whereas,
most christian, most high, Hskcellent, anu
most powerful Princes, our Ids, King ana
Queen Of iheSpains and the f}f the a,this
present year, 1892, after ydAghnesses had
ended the war agains, the Ms who rtlgnea
in Europe, and had finisht ne war in the
great city Of Granada, wheHs present year
on the second dag Of JANUARY saw the roya
banners of YOUR Hiehnesses ted by force o
arms on The towers of Alhaut which is ths
fortress of the said city, aud the Moorls'
king come out oi the gates OH city and Sis
the royal hands of your high&es and OF M
lord the Prince; and then in TIL anne month D
the information which had an your H'gr
nss>es ofthe lands of lndia,& d Prince cai'e
Gran Can, which signifies in OF language, Mn
Of Kings, how he and his pred1ssors had o.
ten sen, to Rome 10 solicit efhrs Of our hoi
Faith TO instruct him in it, an tie holy '1aln'
had never provided him anJanS thus man
people were lost by believina idelalres, al
barbouring doctrines ofDerIion: your his
nesses. as catholic chris,iansknd Princes, wi
are lovers of the holy christi faith and pr
molers of il. and enemies Of be sect Of Maho'
ct, and Of all idolatries and lbesies, thought
send me c. Columbus. TO sairegions oi Ina
to see the said princes, and be people cou
Try, and the disposition OF W q oil the WIN
&lhe course TO be adopt d tJl heir conversa'l
to our holy faith; and ord4 FED that | shoI
no, proceed by land to the last, as II hath pt
customary to go, but by wa OF The west
which direction we have TO \his day no eef'
evidence that any person has I'D yoI 30 k a.
doms and seignories, in the san.---......., nj
coed to those regions Of India with a suffici
armament, and for this granted me favours,
ennobled me so tina, henceforth and III time
come might style myself Don, and should
high admiral of The ocean, and vlceroV and
neiual governor OF all The islands and mainl
.whic should discover and acquire, and VIII
should thereafter be discovered and acqul
in the, ocean, and SC my Oldest son should 5
coed me, and from degree TO degree Tor e.
and left the city Of Granada the 10Th day
the month Of may Of the same year l492,
Saturday went to the town OF Palos,
port, where equipped three vessels very S
able for such purpose, and departed from
said port we'll supplied with much provlsi
and many sramen. the third day OF :he mo
Of Angus, Of the said year on Friday, hall
hour before sunrise, and steered |or The Ian
Islands of your Highnesses, which are IN
said ocean, thence 10 take my departure, x
lpate until should reach the Indies, and dc
sr the embassy Of your HighnesseS 10 tn
princes. and thus accomplish what YOU
commanded me; and therefore l thought
write al this voyage very exactly from day
dav, tyery Thing which should do, or see,
experience, as will be seen in the seque'
beside describing every night what passed
the day, and every day how we saii IN the III
design to construct new chart tor navlga'
in which will mark the waters and lanas
the ocean in their proper places under u
points; and moreover TO compose pooK,
represent the whole by picture, IN latitude Il
the equator, and Longitude from the wes,;
above all il is very necessary that ior
sleep aud attempt much in navigation In Of
to accomplish it, which things Wal req
great toll Tom Lp. l-3. /.
The first thing, which strikes us IN the j
nal, is the artihoe, to which Columbus was
! llnually driven, 10 sustain the sinking coul
Of his crews. No we're is the exalted cha
ter of this truly grea, man more strlklngiy