The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-04

daughter, Bianchineta, who married James
Bayerelo, a cheese dealer. The family
were comfortably well off SavOna. Cue
caro-, Cogolcto,, Nerv, Albisola, BoglIasco,
COssera, Fivale, Qncglia, Chlvari, Mllano
and Modena, all claim his birthplace. But
Genoa's challenge remains unanswered, and
i'll the market place of that city OF pal
aces stands the grand monument to his
where he acquired beautiful hand, and
later to the University of Pavia, seventy
miles north, over the Apennines. Here he
studied cosmography, astronomy, grammar
aud Latin, in which he became proficient.
When young, only fourteen urt f gsars
ing it At intervals with fights
with MussI1nan pirates and map making
on land. About 147O. he followed his
younger brother, bartholomew, to LISBON,
gathered. attracted by Prince Henry's PROF
Gets of discovery, and his school of navlga-
ton.
Columbus alternated his voyage with map
and chart making. Now he went on voy-
age down the Guinea coast and again, as
In 1477, beyond Iceland. Here, in 14l3, he
married Phlippa Pcrestrelo the charming
daughter of the Italian navigator, Bar
tholomew PereStrello, governor of the Ca
nary island of Porto Santo; and to that
island they went to make their home. Here,
800 miles out at sea, he conceived the idea
of searching the mysterious beyond. The
charts of his father-in-law, now dead, the
innumerable legends of the isles of st.
Beardan and the Seven Cities, of Antilla
and Bresil, the strange remains cast on the
shore. drfted by Atlantic currents, all
strengthened the idea of reaching Cathay
and India, by sailing westward. In a few
years he returned to Lisbon, but was off
on long voyages very often. He made
acquaintance of Martin Behaim of Nurem-
burg, the foremost geographer of western
Europe, whose globe, made in 1892, was al
most demonstration of Columbuss be-
lief He also received in 1474, a letter
from Paul Toscanneli, the great Florentine
geographer which did more than anything
else to fix him firmly in his belief. and with
it a map that confirmed all he had dreamed.
Both were full of Marco Polo, and the lat
ter said Prom the city of Lisbon due
west, there are twenty-siX spaces on the
map, each of which contains 30 miles, as
far as the very great and splendid city OF
Quinsay'
1t was coming to be well understood
among scientific men, that the world was
a globe, and Ptoemys mistake was push
ing the eastern portion of Asia too far east.
Anyhow, Columbus got the idea firmly fixed
that by sailing 2,5O0 miles westward, he
would find Marco Polos Cpango or ia
pan King John Of Portugal, after getting
Columbus's plans, tried secretly to send an
expedition to discover the lands Columbus
was so sure of, but the expedition became
terrified. failed and returned. The honora-
Dlc tAploIeE WIS uecplS Woultlcu, anu lclb
Portugal suddenly, leaving his wife, but
taking his five year old son Diego. His
wife soon after died, and Columbus entered
tbs tbs s4GETieft ef NE iAifent ue of twsrne
Qeaving his son with his aunt who lived at
Huelva January 20. 1886.
been in possession of large portions Of
Spain for nearly 800 years had begun in
1881, and was pressed with vigor. Still
Columbus urged his scheme upon the SOY.
eregs, and it was referred to Il junto of
learned men, including the professors of
captured in 1887. and he shortly after Wis
tied Lisbon to meet with his brother Bar
tholomew, who had just returned from
that grand expedition of Diaz. which dis
covered the Cape of Good Hope soon at
ter, Bartholomew went to England, to en-
lst the attention of the English monarch,
Henry VII. who saw the advantage Of
7',a proposal, but could Hot spare the money
then. lie then departed for France where
he strovo to engage Cha les VIII. III his
sch' lies
Colin bus lowered about the court }of
Cariova and found support at the hapis
of Duke Medina Cell FOR two years, No
even proposed to enter upon the expedition |
alOr- Queen Isabella %aS fl yOratic, ut |
the Moorish war prevented. ~ last, Wln |
out, disgusted disappointed, this TALL sal |
wart man, whose cleaning blue eyes. es't |
carriage, and white hair streaming in he |
breeze, were tle sport OF tne urtillilStl |
Seville and Cordoya, determined to leNe |
Spain. Taking his son Diego, now tWye |
years old. from liuelva, he started. A tie |
and a half from PaloS, he stopped at be |
Franciscan monastery of La Rabida, o}a
hcadlaud overlooking the sea. to ask fod
for his son. The prior Juan Perez, who al
been IsabelIas former contessor. bccne
interested III his story, and sent for seyr'l
learned men near by and PlnZon, a Ip
owner and mariner of Palos. Perez g.
tanned Columbus and went himsefto
Queen Isabella. and returned with $50
for Columbus, to fit him for appcarancht
court At the camp a council of leaIsd
men was called. who proved more favorhe
than those of Salamanca. When quesll-
ed how he could do this, while anotr
could not, he took an egg, and by tx
familiar in old books of legerdemain. be
the yolk by holding it in his hand, whilae
struck his fist on the table, and then ely
balanced it on end, while others failed 30
tried eggs whose yolks were unbroken!
The year 1892 opened auspicIoty.
January I'd Granada surrendered and lie
last stronghold of Moorish power ut
had threatened and dominated the citeof
Spain was crushed The conflict of er
seven hundred years was ended, anaS
King Boabdl kissed the hand of lsaH,
and received from her his son, held "a
| hostage, the golden cross that rose ovenc
towers of the Alhambra, where the CREST
! had flashed, symboliZed the dawn ca
| grander era. Columbus, who had IL
around Santa Fo. now buried in desr,
| now filled with hope and now engagiIin
| fight was sick at heart as further Gy |